Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> These services either use a protected port or a protected directory, or they >> support SSL or something similar (SSH), or they are deprecated, as many >> traditional Unix services are. If you find a service that is not covered by >> this, then yes, you have a problem.
> It's certainly the default on my SQL Servers. And Sybase. AFAIK it's the > default on MySQL, Nyet. I find this in configure.in in mysql 5.0.45 (reasonably current): # The port should be constant for a LONG time MYSQL_TCP_PORT_DEFAULT=3306 MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR_DEFAULT="/tmp/mysql.sock" I see that Red Hat's RPM specfile overrides that: --with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock which was a decision that was taken long before I had anything to do with it. Note that neither the out-of-the-box default nor the RH-modified convention appear to support multiple servers on the same box with any degree of convenience; the server doesn't adjust the path name depending on port number. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly