MySQL Root Account

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 21:12, A. Khattri wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 
> > And why do I have 2 root passwords? One on the machine name and one on
> > localhost. Different root passwords depending on which interface you
> > connect to the same server? Or?
> 
> Isn't it best practice to create an alternate "MySQL superuser" and
> disable all logins to MySQL for root?
> 
> That's what I do...

I am sure it is. But I always wonder what 'state' MySQL is in when it is
installed by various distros. Is there a root user? One for each
interface? Is there a password set yet? I think this comes from me not
using it enough. 

-- 
Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se>