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Heads Up!

If you do not know your StudentDB password, please check your UMBC email, as it was sent to you by champ@umbc.edu.

  • This FAQ only applies to the MySQL/MariaDB StudentDB

Connecting to StudentDB-Maria

From GL

From a command line shell to linux.gl.umbc.edu:

  1. Type the following command, where $USER is replaced with your myUMBC username:

    mysql -h studentdb-maria.gl -u '$USER' -p
  2. Enter your assigned MariaDB password at the prompt.

OR

  1. Type the following command, where $USER is replaced with your myUMBC username and $PASSWORD is replaced with your assigned MariaDB password:

    mysql -h studentdb-maria.gl -u '$USER' -p'$PASSWORD'

    Heads Up!

    If you do not use single quotes around your password and it contains a dollar sign or other special characters, then you may not be able to log in (see http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/quoting.html for details on shell expansion).

From a web browser (phpMyAdmin)

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://mysql-admin.umbc.edu/
  2. Enter your MariaDB username and password and make sure to select studentdb-maria.gl.umbc.edu from the Server Choice drop down menu.

Change your password

From GL

From a command line shell to linux.gl.umbc.edu:

  1. Connect to MariaDB (see Connecting to StudentDB-Maria > From GL)

  2. Type the following command, where $PASSWORD is replaced with the password you'd like to use:

    Set Password
    SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('$PASSWORD');

From a web browser (phpMyAdmin)

From phpMyAdmin:

  1. Click the 'SQL' tab.

  2. Type the following command, where $PASSWORD is replaced with the password you'd like to use, and hit Go:

    Set Password
    SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('$PASSWORD');
 

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