-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Iikka, et al --
...and then Iikka Meriläinen said... % % On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, David T-G wrote: % ... % > % > What I need is a way to connect to the database from a cron job without % > exposing the password in the environment. What amazes me is that even ... % > % > Is there anything analagous to an ssh key pair so that only an OS user ... % % Hi! Hello! % % See http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Secure_connections.html Aha. I sure will. % and its subsections. I think GRANT ... REQUIRE X509 and x509 certificates % could help you. % % Even then you have expose your password but it won't help a cracker as he % doesn't have your certificate. Ah. Well, that's a start... Perhaps in conjunction with my select-only user... % % I haven't used this personally, and the documentation is pretty thin on this % subject, unfortunately. It will get me started, though :-) % % Best regards, % Iikka Thanks & HAND :-D - -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9vdDfGb7uCXufRwARAqsLAKDW2jwk2b0ojtq5FvMiqn0eobWKkwCfVMLw 6WY+GrER17OfDM0ln8M9X1E= =PG4M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
