Hi I clearly remember that in slink's mysql it was possible to start mysqld with a switch that wouldn't require password to access any databases. Does it still exist in potato's mysql? What is the switch? I know it's bad policy, but i don't have any valuable information in it (just bugzilla and bonsai). Thanks -- Mario Filipe mjnf@uevora.pt http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf