diff --git a/sqldumps/sqldumps.sh b/sqldumps/sqldumps.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a7c5e95..ea98589
--- a/sqldumps/sqldumps.sh
+++ b/sqldumps/sqldumps.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,30 @@ ignorelist=("mysql" "performance_schema" "dbispconfig" "phpmyadmin" "roundcube")
 dumppath="/var/sqldumps"
 
 
+## MySQL Credentials
+
+## If the username is left blank (null) then no MySQL login will be attempted.
+## If the password is left blank (null) then no Password will be used in the login attempt.
+
+sqlusername="root"
+sqlpassword="djhfasdghfkjlahsdfjkh"
+
+
+## Determines login method.
+
+if [[ -z $sqlusername ]]
+then
+  sqlup=""
+else
+  if [[ -z $sqlpassword ]]
+  then
+    sqlup="-u $sqlusername"
+  else
+    sqlup="-u $sqlusername -p$sqlpassword"
+  fi
+fi
+
+
 ## Removes previous SQL dumps and list files.
 
 rm -f *.sql
@@ -52,7 +76,7 @@ rm -f *.list
 
 ## Creates a list file of all the databases.
 
-mysql -e "show databases" | grep -Ev 'Database|information_schema' > db.list
+mysql $sqlup -e "show databases" | grep -Ev 'Database|information_schema' > db.list
 
 
 ## Add a list of the unwanted databases to the list file.
@@ -60,6 +84,7 @@ mysql -e "show databases" | grep -Ev 'Database|information_schema' > db.list
 for ((n=0; n<${#ignorelist[@]}; n++))
 do
   echo ${ignorelist[$n]} >> db.list
+  echo ${ignorelist[$n]} >> db.list
 done
 
 
@@ -68,7 +93,7 @@ done
 
 sort db.list | uniq -u | while read -r dbname; do
   echo "Dumping $dbname to $dumppath/$dbname.sql"
-  mysqldump $dbname > "$dumppath/$dbname.sql"
+  mysqldump $sqlup $dbname > "$dumppath/$dbname.sql"
 done
 
 rm db.list