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From: dbarrett at blazemonger.com (Daniel Barrett)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:11:13 -0500
References: <20201122001700.GA1086982@aldeberon.localdomain>

>Better practice is to have a ~/.my.cnf file or elsewhere[...]

I am surprised that nobody mentioned the command "mysql_config_editor"
and mysql's --login-path option, which permit passwordless database
logins more securely than storing plaintext passwords in .my.cnf.

  https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-config-editor.html

Why do people still use .my.cnf?

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Dan Barrett
dbarrett at blazemonger.com

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