| Bug #75905 | Option to initialize with random password and store the password in .mylogin.cnf | ||
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| Submitted: | 15 Feb 2015 9:51 | ||
| Reporter: | Daniël van Eeden (OCA) | Email Updates: | |
| Status: | Open | Impact on me: | |
| Category: | MySQL Server: Security: Privileges | Severity: | S4 (Feature request) |
| Version: | 5.7 | OS: | Any |
| Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any | |
| Tags: | initialize, password, Security | ||
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Description: Please add an option to initialize a database with a random root password and then store this password in .mylogin.cnf as login path. This can make it easier to provision MySQL servers with an automation tool like puppet. Currently: 1. securely initialize a database (mysql_install_db or --initialize) 2. Grab the password from .mysql_secret or the error log 3. Then use this password to login and change it. Alternatively: 1. Insecurely initialize 2. Then set the password. Currently most automation tools use the second method, but could use the first method if step 2 was not needed anymore: How to repeat: See description Suggested fix: Proposed method: 1. securely initialize a database (mysql_install_db or --initialize) 2. Then use the login path to login and change it. 3. Remove and/or update the login path On systems with multiple mysqld installations a --login-path option could be used to indicate the name of the login path. mysqld --initialize --store-loginpath # Stored in the default login path ('client'?) mysqld --initialize --store-loginpath --login-path=foobar # Stored in the 'foobar' login path.