Bug 109407

Summary: system log includes plaintext passwords
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche>
Component: mysqlAssignee: Patrick Macdonald <patrickm>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Frank Ch. Eigler 2003-11-07 15:38:16 UTC 
mysql_install_db prints into the system log (/var/log/messages)
the plaintext initial administrative passwords.  Ideally it
should obscure those strings.

e.g.:

Nov  3 11:17:48 tomaluk mysql_install_db: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root
 password 'new-password'
Nov  3 11:17:48 tomaluk mysql_install_db: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root
-h tomaluk.toronto.redhat.com  password 'new-password'

should be something like:

Nov  3 11:17:48 tomaluk mysql_install_db: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root
 password '(REDACTED)'
Nov  3 11:17:48 tomaluk mysql_install_db: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root
-h tomaluk.toronto.redhat.com  password '(REDACTED)'
Comment 1 Frank Ch. Eigler 2003-11-07 15:39:26 UTC 
Sorry, screwed up misreading the rest of the log.
This is just sample text being printed by the installation scripts,
not actually being executed.