On 26-Jul-2001 sachin shetty wrote:
> Hi
> Is it possible to authenticate a logged on user by comparing the unix
> passwd file entry with the mysql user table entry(after copying passwords
> from the password file to the table).
The password_crypt routine used in MySQL is incompatible with the DES/MD5 crypt
used for Unix passwords.
Besides, MySQL user-names have nothing to do with Unix login-names.
> If there is a module that handles
> this during connection of the mysql client to the server,
Maybe once PAM & Kerberos become common-place, the user community could
submit some patches ?
> then it saves
> the risk of sending password across network
>
What makes you think the password goes over the network ?
Regards,
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(53kr33t w0rdz: sql table query)
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