| Index: branches/REL1_5/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES |
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| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | 11 | MediaWiki 1.5.7 is a bugfix maintenance release. |
| 12 | 12 | |
| 13 | | -Most importantly, a bug in the installer has been fixed which sometimes |
| 14 | | -caused MySQL's administrator account password to be changed. This bug |
| 15 | | -only affected new installations of 1.5.6 using a root account. |
| | 13 | +Most importantly, a security issue in the installer has been fixed. The bug |
| | 14 | +affects new installations of 1.5.6 only. If the user specified the MySQL root |
| | 15 | +password, to allow the installer to create an unprivileged account, the |
| | 16 | +installer would not only create the new account but also change the root |
| | 17 | +password to be equal to the password of the new account. |
| 16 | 18 | |
| | 19 | +Anyone affected by this bug will need to change the root password back |
| | 20 | +manually. For information about how to change passwords in MySQL please see: |
| | 21 | +http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/passwords.html |
| | 22 | + |
| 17 | 23 | This version includes fixes for compatibility with Internet Explorer 7 |
| 18 | 24 | beta 2, and various other bugs; see the full changelog at the end of |
| 19 | 25 | the release notes. |