Description of problem: ----------------------- Many people run mysql on the same machine as the web server, and thus don't need external networking enabled at ALL. A service that is turned off is always more secure than a service that's turned on. Mysql comes by default with: * no root pasword * external network enabled * a variety of default accounts Proposed solution (for /etc/my.cnf): ------------------------------------ If you'd add a commented-out "skip networking" line in /etc/my.cnf, more people would discover how to turn off networking: [mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock #skip-networking [mysql.server] user=mysql basedir=/var/lib #skip-networking [safe_mysqld] err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid #skip-networking
Bug opened twice. Marking it as dup of 88133. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88133 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.