I thought I had things figured out from the last msg from George. But when I got back on this morning, I see I can get into the mysql DB without a password as a regular user (me, pete). Also, in webmin, I can easily see everything too. The password for the DB is different from my regular root password, but still no prompting. Here's the output from this morning: [pete@rotor pete]$ mysqlshow +-----------+ | Databases | +-----------+ | Phoenix | | mysql | | test | +-----------+ [pete@rotor pete]$ mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 22 to server version: 3.23.55 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> use Phoenix Database changed mysql> show tables; Empty set (0.00 sec) mysql> use mysql Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> show tables; +-----------------+ | Tables_in_mysql | +-----------------+ | columns_priv | | db | | func | | host | | tables_priv | | user | +-----------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select User,Host,Password from user; +------+--------------------------+------------------+ | User | Host | Password | +------+--------------------------+------------------+ | root | localhost | 77f55a9e14442c8f | | root | rotor.byerlyelectric.com | 77f55a9e14442c8f | +------+--------------------------+------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> With only root in the DB I would think I'd be prompted each and every time. pete