In the last episode (Mar 22), Kyle Johnson said: > I'm new to the lists, but I had a question about authenticating a > MySQL database; I wondered if anybody knew how to authenticate off of > an LDAP instead of the default mysql table? Or if it's even possible? > So far we have had no success browsing the docs or anywhere else > online. I know it's possible to go the other way, authenticate > services off of a MySQL backend, so I guess I'm looking to go the > opposite direction. Any thoughts anybody has would be much > appreciated. Thanks.
This is bug 4703: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4703 , apparently on their TODO list somewhere. PAM authentication would be the best solution, which would let the administrator use whatever method they want. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
