On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:09:58 -0500, "TM Lutas" <dbrutus at earthlink dot net>
said:
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>
>>> On 02-06-28 01.45, Matt Neuburg wrote:
>>>
>> :-) The problem is that the fundamental unit of communication with a
>> database server is the database object itself; thus if there is no
>> access
>> database object to which you're granted access, you've got a bootstrap
>> problem - you can't get started at all.
>
>But this state (inability to bootstrap) arises because a database is a
>secure environment. MySQL has its own set of accounts and passwords. If
>the Any group has rights, you should be able to connect to the test
>database and bootstrap from there. But if you want to maintain any sort
>of data integrity at all, you are going to need to get a trusted party
>to create an account for you. A MySQL installation where the any group
>has that right is not worth storing anything on
That's a very sound argument - thx - m.
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