mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.77, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 5.1 I need to work on MySQL about once every six months, so it's always an exciting re-learning experience ;) Anyway, I ...

A fresh installation of the XAMPP Control Panel on a Windows device doesn’t hold the root password for MySQL PHPMyAdmin. In such a case, it could be easily accessible to everyone and that ...

To change the root password in Ubuntu, you'll need to enable the root account first. Luckily, changing the root password actually enables it, so that's not a worry.

Security experts have identified some 879,046 servers vulnerable to a brute force flaw that undermines password controls in MySQL and MariaDB systems.