Hi Rick,
The plugin does not need to access to /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow.
It uses an LDAP Server to authenticate the user through
"ldap_simple_bind_s" function.
Best regards.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Rick James wrote:
> Does that depend on mysql running as "root" in order to see /etc
Does that depend on mysql running as "root" in order to see /etc/shadow (or
whatever)?
If so, that is too big a security hole to do.
> -Original Message-
> From: Ignacio Ocampo [mailto:naf...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 3:54 PM
> To: mysql
> Subject: MySQL LDAP Authenticat