storing root password rpm spec file

[Mogens Kjaer]

Manuel Arostegui wrote:
> Hi all.
> I´m packing an application which has got some .sql to configure database.
> When you download the tar.gz you have to run the sql by hand, of course, and all tables, and
> databases are created.
> Well, I would like to make that process automatically when the rpm is being installed.

A (very) dirty trick is to let the installation script
stop the mysqld daemon, start it again with --skip-grant-tables,
load your databases (no password is then required), and
restart the daemon normally.

Mogens

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