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:
Type the following command, where $USER is replaced with your myUMBC username:
mysql -h studentdb-maria.gl -u '$USER' -p
- Enter your assigned MariaDB password at the prompt.
OR
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)
Change your password
From a command line shell to linux.gl.umbc.edu: Type the following command, where $PASSWORD is replaced with the password you'd like to use: From phpMyAdmin: Type the following command, where $PASSWORD is replaced with the password you'd like to use, and hit Go: From GL
SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('$PASSWORD');
From a web browser (phpMyAdmin)
SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('$PASSWORD');