Brandon,
You'll have to create a user for the PHP script.
example:
In the above code you'll have to create a user for the
PHP script (mysql_user and msyql_password) and make
sure that it has the proper permissions. At minimum I
would think SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE, for
that user with
Try to imagine your PHP code as a "middleman" or "clerk" working a walk-up
window for some kind of office.
It is that clerk's job to handle incoming requests, file the correct
paperwork, hand out a receipts, perform searches, and hand out the
requested information. Your clerk (the application
Security is built in shells (much like onions).
Application layer-
This is where your user interacts with your code. In your case, I believe
that you have a web server running code you wrote in PHP responding to
user requests. Your web server uses a user account to interact with the
operatin
Are you talking about user authentication for the purpose of people
accessing the MySQL database or are you talking about user authentication in
terms of people accessing restricted areas on a website?
> -Original Message-
> I have never set up a web site running a mysql server,
> so I am
