Re: MySQL LDAP Authentication Plugin - Full example with source code

2012-08-20 Thread Ignacio Ocampo
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

RE: MySQL LDAP Authentication Plugin - Full example with source code

2012-08-20 Thread Rick James
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