It's rare to find a Linux enthusiast these days who hasn't heard of the MySQL relational database server from TcX DataKonsultAB, of 0. It's free, easy to install, works like a champ, and has had ...

Recently while reviewing MySQL client tools, I discovered a Linux MySQL server on my local network refusing all incoming connections. Because I run Slackware, I suspected that the -skip-networking ...

# the following section will be read by *all* client programs [client] user=username password=secret database=database_name Of course, when creating this file make sure it is only user readable! Now ...

Fedora Linux's developers are considering replacing MySQL with MariaDB. That, in turn, might lead to Red Hat abandoning MySQL for MariaDB. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing ...