Appologies first because I'm sure this question has been answered many times before, but I haven't been able to quickly find the answer. And it's been a while since I've used DBI.
If I'm running DBI/DBD::mysql on a mysql client machine, and I want to connect to a different mysql server machine, I must supply the username and password in the DBI connect. So, that username and password will be passed from the client machine to the server machine in cleartext, right? My question is, how can I do that such that the username and password is NOT passed over the wire in cleartext - in the connect statement? Thanks. -- Hardy Merrill Red Hat, Inc.
