How to Update or Change Password for a Single User in MySQL and Reload Privileges
MySQL stores usernames and passwords in the user table inside the MySQL database. You can directly update a password using the following method to update or change passwords:
1) Login to the MySQL server, type the following command at the shell prompt:
$ mysql -u root -p
2) Use the mysql database (type commands at the mysql> prompt):
mysql> use mysql;
3) Change password for a user:
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(“newpass”) …
Introduction to Database Clustering
In a classic MySQL database, rows of data are arranged in columns to form tables. These tables are stored in files on the disk of the database server, and queries are made to them. If the server crashes, the database goes down. If the load from all the queries gets too large, the only solution is to make the server more powerful.
Clustering spreads processing over multiple servers, resulting in a single redundant (that is, not reliant on …
Enhancements
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New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 is a reorganization of
the release note material. Now the Release Notes are a
condensed set of major release highlights. The Technical
Notes contain the majority of the information regarding
new feature descriptions and bug change notices. Due to
the existence of the Release Notes highlights information,
it is no longer necessary to duplicate that information
in this release announcement. The Release Notes are
available on the media as well as online as part of the
general documentation. …
Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 13.0, a major update of the world’s oldest surviving Linux distribution: “After one of the most intensive periods of development in Slackware’s history, the long-awaited stable release of Slackware 13.0 is ready. This release brings with it many major changes since Slackware 12.2, including a completely reworked collection of X packages (a configuration file for X is no longer needed in most cases), major upgrades to the desktop environments (KDE 4.2.4 …
