>>>- Someone copies the DB files to another box, starts a mysql >>>instance, loads the DB and presto - views the 'private' data !!! >>>
PD> Sure. That's why you establish filesystem level access privileges so that PD> only the mysql user can copy them in the first place. Some DBMSs allow to setup databases on a separate partition with its own filesystem that will have nothing in common with OS filesystem. OS is unable to read DBMS filesystem data. So getting root on OS does not give the hacker access to the DBMS file system and only DBMS users can access it. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
