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MySQL 8 Cookbook

You're reading from  MySQL 8 Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781788395809
Pages 446 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Karthik Appigatla Karthik Appigatla
Profile icon Karthik Appigatla
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters close

Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. MySQL 8 - Installing and Upgrading 2. Using MySQL 3. Using MySQL (Advanced) 4. Configuring MySQL 5. Transactions 6. Binary Logging 7. Backups 8. Restoring Data 9. Replication 10. Table Maintenance 11. Managing Tablespace 12. Managing Logs 13. Performance Tuning 14. Security Index

Securing installation


As soon as the installation is done, it is recommended that you secure your installation using the mysql_secure_installation utility.

How to do it...

shell> mysql_secure_installation

Securing the MySQL server deployment.

Enter password for user root: 
The 'validate_password' plugin is installed on the server.
The subsequent steps will run with the existing configuration
of the plugin.
Using existing password for root.

Estimated strength of the password: 100 
Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : 

 ... skipping.
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user,
allowing anyone to log into MySQL without having to have
a user account created for them. This is intended only for
testing, and to make the installation go a bit smoother.
You should remove them before moving into a production
environment.

Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect...
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