(Newbie) database password question

RT Users
1

I have installed RT and am now trying to secure it better than my
default install. My first task is to give the database a password. When
I ran make initialize-database, and the script prompted me for a
password, I gave it a blank password. I also didn’t change
$DatabasePassword in RT_SiteConfig.pm from the default ‘rt_pass’.

Can anyone tell me how to change these after install? I assume for the
(inevitable) next time I install RT fresh, I’ll just change both of
these passwords to the same password, right? Are they referring to the
same password?

I am running the following configuration:

RedHat 9
MySQL 3.2.3.54a-11
Apache1.3.29
mod_perl 1.29
RT 3.0.7.01

Thanks,

Ethan

Ethan Kiczek
Information Technology Manager
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Email: ekiczek@wcfia.harvard.edu mailto:ekiczek@wcfia.harvard.edu
Web site: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu

2

Hello Ethan,

install phpMyAdmin or use the mysql command line utility to change the
password for the rt user. (Remember reloading the mysql server)
Then change the password in RT_SiteConfig.pm and restart Apache. If you
are also new to the mysql stuff, phpmyadmin is usually the more simple
way.

Hope it helps,
DanielOn 08.12.2003, at 02:54, Ethan Kiczek wrote:

I have installed RT and am now trying to secure it better than my
default install. My first task is to give the database a password.
When I ran make initialize-database, and the script prompted me for a
password, I gave it a blank password. I also didn’t change
$DatabasePassword in RT_SiteConfig.pm from the default ‘rt_pass’.

Can anyone tell me how to change these after install? I assume for the
(inevitable) next time I install RT fresh, I’ll just change both of
these passwords to the same password, right? Are they referring to the
same password?

I am running the following configuration:

RedHat 9
MySQL 3.2.3.54a-11
Apache1.3.29
mod_perl 1.29
RT 3.0.7.01

Thanks,

Ethan

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Ethan Kiczek
Information Technology Manager
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Email:ekiczek@wcfia.harvard.edu
Web site:http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu

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