Re: Access Denied

[Anne Carasik <gator () cacr caltech edu>]

Hi James,

I'm not a mysql expert either, but here's what I ran into:

Check your my.cnf file (or whatever mysql uses on Windows).
See what it sets the password to. It defaults to "mypassword"
on the UNIX mysql, so you'll need to remove it.

-Anne

Lucretia Enterprises grabbed a keyboard and typed...
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Snort 1.9.0 configured with IDSCenter 1.1RC1 on two Windows2000sp3
> machines, logging to a mysql 3.23.54 also on a Windows 2000sp3 box.
>
> I'm in the process of upgrading one snort sensor and adding another sensor.
> I got both upgraded and ready to run (no errors), but when they attempt to
> access the Mysql database, they get
> "Access Denied"
>
> I'm lost as to why after an upgrade this would occur.  Yes, the password and
> user ID are set up correctly. user=snort password=""
> But I wonder, is there any way I can see who has access to the snort
> database and confirm the settings?  I'm no Mysql guru...
>
> Thanks for your assistance,
>
> James.
>
>
>
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