Re: DBD::mysql anonymous user problem

Jochen Wiedmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.perl,gmane.comp.db.mysql.documentation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 6/23/05, Dave Howorth <[email protected]> wrote:

> >  > "The DBD::mysql installation runs a number of tests. These tests require
> >  > being able to connect to the local MySQL server as the anonymous user
> >  > with no password. If you have removed anonymous accounts or assigned
> >  > them passwords, the tests fail."
> >
> > This is from <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/perl-installation.html>.
> >
> > The manual is wrong.
> 
> Hmm. This is a pretty bold statement and I have no way to judge whether
> you're right or not. Can anybody else confirm this?

Being the one, who has most possibly written the nonsense about "the
anonymous user", I can confirm that he is right and the manual's
wrong. :-)


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