storing root password rpm spec file

[Tony Nelson]

At 12:56 AM +0200 12/21/06, Markku Kolkka wrote:
>Tony Nelson kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai 21
>joulukuu 2006 00:45):
>> I don't understand why a password is needed.
>
>Because the original poster needs to supply the password for the
>_MySQL_ root account, which is completely separate from the
>Linux root user.

That's why he should use the su command in the post-install script:  to
"become" that user as needed.  Su'ing from root doesn't require a password.
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