Re: [cobalt-users] MySQL Install - Can't set root password

[Paul Schreiber <cheesefactory@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Holger Hartstock <hartstock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> you should install:
> MySQL-3.22.21-2C1.mips
> and
> MySQL-client-3.22.21-2C1.mips

No! Don't do that! 3.22.x has a big security hole. You need 3.22.30 or
greater. (3.22.32 is the latest version.)

There's a RPM of 3.22.30 in
ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/security/mysql/

Or you can compile 3.22.32 using my instructions:
http://www.paulschreiber.com/download/mysql-php-apache-raq.txt

Paul

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