[thelist] PHP install Apache locally on XP
Andrew Maynes
andrew at milords.com
Fri May 7 02:52:34 CDT 2004
Thank you for all that provided information for this, its all up and
running no for my next question :)
Andrew
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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Kasimir K
> Sent: 06 May 2004 18:38
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] PHP install Apache locally on XP
>
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> > Just one thing left MySQL does seem to be a bit jumpy but
> it probably
> > needs to settle into its new home, the problem is
> >
> > Your configuration file contains settings (root with no
> password) that
> > correspond to the default MySQL privileged account. Your
> MySQL server
> > is running with this default, is open to intrusion, and you really
> > should fix this security hole.
>
> This is what phpMyAdmin tells you, if you use the db with user 'root'
> and with password ''. This is in config.inc.php (lines 83 and
> 84 in my
> version).
>
> If you carefully block any access to your system from
> outside, then this
> is not a problem. But if you don't, then it is a big bad
> problem... it
> means that anyone who cares to lay an eye on your machine, can access
> anything you have in your db.
>
>
>
> kasimir
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