Wrong Master_user when updating with ispconfig_update.sh

In a multi-server configuration and performing an update with the ispconfig_update.sh script the default value for the "MySQL master server root username" is "root".
command line output:

Code:

MySQL master server hostname [my_server]:
MySQL master server port []:
MySQL master server root username [root]:
MySQL master server root password []:
MySQL master server database name [dbispconfig]:

Why aren't the values stored in config.inc.php being used which contains:
config.inc.php:

Code:

//** Database settings for the master DB. This setting is only used in multiserver setups
$conf['dbmaster_type']            = 'mysql';
$conf['dbmaster_host']            = 'my_server';
$conf['dbmaster_port']            = '3333';
$conf['dbmaster_database']        = 'dbispconfig';
$conf['dbmaster_user']            = 'ispcmyserver';
$conf['dbmaster_password']        = 'verystrongpassword';

We shouldn't have to access config.inc.php to see and use these variable values.
Am I missing something?

 

I did re-run an update using the user in the file and it seemed to work even though it didn't have root privileges on the master_database.
I guess what it amounts to is that I don't agree with using a user named "root" as a default in any application.
Having a config var with an alternate user name/pw with root privileges is more appropriate than defaulting to "root".

In my case the default user "root" doesn't have access to the master_db so I will continue using my alternate username/pw which has root privileges. Now that I am aware that root privileges may be required I won't use the user/pw in the file.

Thank you for the reply.