Re: blank user names in user table
Rich, anonymous access means that ''@host has access. That is, blank at host, as opposed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To see if anonymous access is allowed, at the command prompt type: mysql -u asdf if you get a mysql login, you have anonymous access. Otherwise you'll get: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'asdf'@'localhost' (using password: NO) The best way is to do: mysql select host,user,password from mysql.user; and see if any users or passwords are blank. if users are blank, it means anyone can login, and if passwords are blank it means the password isn't set. You can also look at: mysql show grants for ''@localhost; mysql show grants for ''@'%'; hope it helps! -Sheeri On 5/4/06, Duzenbury, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've got a database I recently inherited where there are a number of records in the mysql.user table that have no user id. According to the mysql docs, this is supposed to allow guest access, and there is mention of how to turn it off. How does one actually connect in guest mode? My attempts with the mysql client have so far been in vain. How can I ask mysql to log connection attempts by users so I can see if any of these ID's are actually in use? Thank you. Regards, Rich -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: blank user names in user table (SOLVED)
-Original Message- From: sheeri kritzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:37 PM To: Duzenbury, Rich Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: blank user names in user table Rich, anonymous access means that ''@host has access. That is, blank at host, as opposed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To see if anonymous access is allowed, at the command prompt type: mysql -u asdf This doesn't work. If I grant all on *.* to ''@workstation.domain.local Then, I find a record in mysql.user with host=workstation.domain.local, user is blank, password is blank. If I then connect to the server from my workstation using the MySQL query browser and leave the user id and password blank, it connects and works. After much horsing around, I can make it work as: mysql --user=anything --host=host -p (Press enter at the password prompt) Silly me, I thought I had to somehow supply a blank value for the user name. Instead, I have to simply supply an empty password. Thanks for your help! Regards, Rich -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
blank user names in user table
Hi all, I've got a database I recently inherited where there are a number of records in the mysql.user table that have no user id. According to the mysql docs, this is supposed to allow guest access, and there is mention of how to turn it off. How does one actually connect in guest mode? My attempts with the mysql client have so far been in vain. How can I ask mysql to log connection attempts by users so I can see if any of these ID's are actually in use? Thank you. Regards, Rich -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
