Got it - thank you, I did not think about the meaning of file except as it
relates to MySQL. Re syntax - thanks.
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Claudio Nanni wrote:
Hi Doug,
1.FILE is GLOBAL because it refers to the ability of the user to read/write
files on the server host filesystem (where the filesystem permissions
allow).
2.
1) user@localhost OK, not recommended
2) 'user@localhost' WRONG
3) 'user'@'localhost' OK, BEST
single quotes prevent any problem in case of special characters in the host
name.
Cheers!
Claudio
2011/7/31 <d...@safeport.com>
I have both a theory question and a question on implementation of
privileges. First theory. I have been using:
grant all privileges on db-name.* to user@localhost
identified by 'password';
Because I blunder about as root I never was impacted by 'file' being a
global permission. As 'load infile' seems (to me) to be equivalant to
'insert' I do not see the reason for this. If its just a historical thing,
so be it, but IMO it makes little sense that a user could create and/or
delete a table but to import data he is required to convert a csv file to
'insert value' statements.
My implementation question is about specifying the user. Apparently the
following are different:
1) user@localhost
2) 'user@localhost'
3) 'user'@'localhost'
I have not tested all this, but I did grant file privileges to #1 but could
not use them logging into with 'mysql -u doug@localhost sysadmin' ('doug'
being setup without a password).
The question is which form should be used and why are they different as all
are accepted without error and all add entries for the users and db tables.
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