> Given that the data are on a shared server, then your info is available to > anybody else with root access to the database directories. A previous > web-site I had allowed me open access to other users mysql databases. I > could have blown those databases away.
Thankfully, I happen to be that root user. :) But it still is a shared server with other users each having access to the system. I've setup MySQL so that each user has access to only their database -- they cannot connect to any other database on the system. Patrick ---| patrick gibson |---------------+ email: email @ patrickg.com url: http://patrickgibson.com/ ------------------------------------+ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]