<P> </P>\r
<H3><A NAME="database"></A>5. Create a database</H3>\r
<blockquote>\r
- <p>You need to create an empty database (eg "moodle") in your database system \r
+<p>You need to create an empty database (eg "moodle") in your database system \r
along with a special user (eg "moodleuser") that has access to that database \r
- (and that database only. For example, don't use the "root" user for the moodle \r
- database in a production system - it's a security hazard). </p>\r
+ (and that database only. You could use the "root" user if you wanted to, but \r
+ this is not recommended for a production system: if hackers manage to discover\r
+ the password then your whole database system would be at risk, rather than \r
+ just one database.\r
+</p>\r
<p>eg for MySQL: </p>\r
<PRE>\r
# mysql -u root -p\r