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| author | lpsolit%gmail.com <> | 2009-08-18 13:01:16 +0200 |
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| committer | lpsolit%gmail.com <> | 2009-08-18 13:01:16 +0200 |
| commit | d747fb6ff7493acf3c60ca71441caa18a31127ee (patch) | |
| tree | de5a9425ed07e54e7a6b8128a586f4219f0f310f /docs/en/xml/installation.xml | |
| parent | 9ced0509261dacaa617c39d32ed2c2a4297f0cb2 (diff) | |
| download | bugzilla-d747fb6ff7493acf3c60ca71441caa18a31127ee.tar.gz bugzilla-d747fb6ff7493acf3c60ca71441caa18a31127ee.tar.xz | |
Bug 510496: Recommend the admin to run mysql_secure_installation rather than playing with command lines - Patch by Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> r=dkl
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/installation.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml index c14e69819..7ae08a5a8 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.170 2009/08/13 21:43:13 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.171 2009/08/18 11:01:17 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> <chapter id="installing-bugzilla"> <title>Installing Bugzilla</title> @@ -735,9 +735,23 @@ <caution> <para> - MySQL's default configuration is very insecure. - <xref linkend="security-mysql"/> has some good information for - improving your installation's security. + MySQL's default configuration is insecure. + We highly recommend to run <filename>mysql_secure_installation</filename> + on Linux or the MySQL installer on Windows, and follow the instructions. + Important points to note are: + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Be sure that the root account has a secure password set.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Do not create an anonymous account, and if it exists, say "yes" + to remove it.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>If your web server and MySQL server are on the same machine, + you should disable the network access.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> </para> </caution> @@ -745,11 +759,11 @@ <title>Allow large attachments and many comments</title> <para>By default, MySQL will only allow you to insert things - into the database that are smaller than 64KB. Attachments + into the database that are smaller than 1MB. Attachments may be larger than this. Also, Bugzilla combines all comments on a single bug into one field for full-text searching, and the - combination of all comments on a single bug are very likely to - be larger than 64KB.</para> + combination of all comments on a single bug could in some cases + be larger than 1MB.</para> <para>To change MySQL's default, you need to edit your MySQL configuration file, which is usually <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> |