MySQL Root Account

[Collins Richey]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:52:39 -0500, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for opinions, which I know most of people on this list have.
> By default, the MySQL administrative account (the one with superuser
> privileges in MySQL), is named "root." This seems like a really
> unfortunate choice of names, in that the system superuser account is
> likewise named "root." I'm thinking of changing it to something more
> reasonable, like "dba" or "admin." It seems like a good idea to me, but
> I'm open to other opinions.
> 

Personally, I don't use the MySQL root account for anything except to
grant all priviliges on everything to my user account, i.e. a one-time
event. I'm sure you could do the same thing with a dba or admin or
superhonkinhoncho account.

-- 
 Collins