Problem is that most ISPs can't afford a competent DBA...;(
clay bond wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Donald Korth wrote:
>
> > The hosting company has given me a user name and passwd . When i log into my own
>site thro' a telnet session i 'm able to view all the databases created in the server
>that includes DBs not created by me . I also did a "USE DB" command to connect to a
>DB that wasn't mine . Also "Show tables" faithfully listed all the tables in the DB .
>I even was able to run a "SELECT " on a login table table to list all the user names
>and passeords listed with the company .
> > What do i make of it ???? An admin lapse or a inherent limitation of MySQL as the
>support guy makes it out . But the latter is hard to believe.
> > Any suggestions on how to make my DB invisible on other Logins ?????
> > Any help will be deeply appreciated .
>
> If your db is anywhere near critical, I would change
> to an ISP with a competent DBA, if I were you.
>
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