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Bug 22958

Summary:	MySQL installation doesn't prompt to set password
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Wade Minter <minter>
Component:	mysql	Assignee:	Patrick Macdonald <patrickm>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Wade Minter 2000-12-28 20:19:49 UTC

Installing the mysql-server package in Beta-1 does not prompt the installer
to set an administrator password for MySQL.  Instead, it installs with a
blank password for the root account.  Older versions of MySQL prompted upon
installation of the RPM to set a password, which is probably more desirable
behavior.

Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-12-28 20:42:57 UTC

RPM is designed as a non-interactive tool, asking for input is not acceptable
and can't be handled by many front ends using RPM.