From: moodler <moodler>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 03:19:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: More info about database user
X-Git-Url: http://git.mjollnir.org/gw?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0581a9f7c84734dc0c6cc0f20366a9f30011e112;p=moodle.git

More info about database user
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diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html
index c6d109adef..77480bf8b9 100755
--- a/doc/install.html
+++ b/doc/install.html
@@ -110,10 +110,13 @@
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 <H3><A NAME="database"></A>5. Create a database</H3>
 <blockquote>
-  <p>You need to create an empty database (eg "moodle") in your database system 
+<p>You need to create an empty database (eg "moodle") in your database system 
     along with a special user (eg "moodleuser") that has access to that database 
-    (and that database only. For example, don't use the "root" user for the moodle 
-    database in a production system - it's a security hazard). </p>
+    (and that database only. You could use the "root" user if you wanted to, but 
+    this is not recommended for a production system: if hackers manage to discover
+    the password then your whole database system would be at risk, rather than 
+    just one database.
+</p>
   <p>eg for MySQL: </p>
   <PRE>
    # mysql -u root -p