Bug #23591 Agent-Install must allow a blank passwd for the mysql db it will monitor(br1782)
Submitted: 24 Oct 2006 19:00 Modified: 3 Nov 2006 15:57
Reporter: Keith Russell Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Enterprise Monitor: Installing Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version: OS:Any (all)
Assigned to: Keith Russell CPU Architecture:Any

[24 Oct 2006 19:00] Keith Russell 
Description:
The installer must allow the root user password for the MySQL database to be monitored to be blank.  Customers are likely to have no root password in place.

How to repeat:
Perform the install.
[27 Oct 2006 11:34] Keith Russell 
Reported as resolved by Nitrock in builds =>7.14
[3 Nov 2006 15:57] Mark Leith 
Verified fixed in 0.7.20:

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Enter the username the agent will use to login to the MySQL server it will monitor.

Username on 127.0.0.1:3306 []: root

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Enter the password the agent will use to login to the MySQL server it will monitor.

Password for root on 127.0.0.1:3306 :
Re-enter :
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mark@Pegasus:~/mysql> more network/agent/etc/mysql-service-agent.ini 
[mysqld]
user     = root
password = 
hostname = 127.0.0.1
port =     3306