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if you read the original article and they may have covered it here in the recap, running under root wasnt the entire issue either. the biggest and front most was the weak passwords. if the password was weak, then the system having root priveledges was in play. ie: use a good lock on your gate.
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whaaa?  JoeMama_z | 01/28/05
YES you can.... but  htotten | 01/28/05
thanks but,  JoeMama_z | 01/28/05
MySQL does run under a normal user account on Windows  Hugh Jass | 01/28/05
I'm confused.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/29/05
I'll explain  toadlife | 01/29/05
and...  linuxoverwindows | 01/29/05
why other platforms weren't affected  toadlife | 01/29/05
Moral: use secure passwords, especially on the root account (nt)  CobraA1 | 01/30/05
Running at root?  DonPMitchell@... | 01/31/05
A couple of points, and maybe I missed something  Physco Dude | 01/31/05

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