RE: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-28 Thread Dyego Souza do Carmo
Respondendo, quinta-feira, 27 de fevereiro de 2003, 13:32:39, Mensagem Original: AN Are you using Windows? If so, this root/mysql user talk will be AN meaningless. You can still make the directory secure and only touchable AN by the user that mysql is running as. Is this what you need? nope ,

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-27 Thread Fred van Engen
Hi Dyego, On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:04:36PM -0300, Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: MM You should use the filesystem security your operating system provides to MM prevent common users from copying the database files. The directory that MM the database files resides in only needs to allow access

RE: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-27 Thread Adam Nelson
Are you using Windows? If so, this root/mysql user talk will be meaningless. You can still make the directory secure and only touchable by the user that mysql is running as. Is this what you need? -Original Message- From: Dyego Souza do Carmo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread Mark Matthews
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: I'm using MySQL-Pro+InnoDB 4.0.11 and i have a BIG problem... My users is hacking the database because the MySQL system tables are stored in .MYD format and to hack database is simple , only rename the database and copy the

RE: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread John Griffin
Hi, The problem is not with MySQL. The problem is with the users having access to the database files. Lock up the directory that the files are stored in so that only user MySQL and the administrator (root) can access them. Also, revoke the privileges of any user, other than MySQL and the

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread Manuel Kiessling
Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: Tanks Tanks very much uh, we have war already?? (sorry couldn't resist) -- Manuel Kiessling sql,query,innodb,mysql - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread gerald_clark
If the databases are owned by mysql.mysql, how can this happen? You don't allow users to become the mysql user, do you? Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: I'm using MySQL-Pro+InnoDB 4.0.11 and i have a BIG problem... My users is hacking the database because the MySQL system tables are stored in .MYD

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread Dyego Souza do Carmo
MM You should use the filesystem security your operating system provides to MM prevent common users from copying the database files. The directory that MM the database files resides in only needs to allow access by the user MM that the MySQL server is running as. If you do this, only users who

Re: The Security of MySQL

2003-02-26 Thread gerald_clark
I your customers have root access to their machine, then there is no security, nor can there be. Dyego Souza do Carmo wrote: MM You should use the filesystem security your operating system provides to MM prevent common users from copying the database files. The directory that MM the database