Re: root-password important?

2004-09-17 Thread Egor Egorov
Marten Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: security problem? Is there any way to trick the mysql-server, so that a remote-client can claim to be a localhost-client and thus can connect as mysql-user root? No. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita

root-password important?

2004-09-15 Thread Marten Lehmann
Hello, imagine the following setup: - a mysql-server - a client on a different host Privileges on the mysql-server are setup in a manner, that users can connect from every host, but not from localhost (and they don't even have access to localhost). root on the other hand is allowed to connect

Re: root-password important?

2004-09-15 Thread Greg Donald
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:10:27 +0200, Marten Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: imagine the following setup: - a mysql-server - a client on a different host Privileges on the mysql-server are setup in a manner, that users can connect from every host, but not from localhost (and they don't

Re: root-password important?

2004-09-15 Thread Marten Lehmann
Hi, I would never allow anyone except myself to connect to my MySQL server as the root MySQL user. I don't want to allow either. That's why I'm asking. From outside, noone can connect as root directly. And as noone has access to localhost through ssh or whatever, noone except me can login as

Re: root-password important?

2004-09-15 Thread Greg Donald
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:48:50 +0200, Marten Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't want to allow either. That's why I'm asking. From outside, noone can connect as root directly. And as noone has access to localhost through ssh or whatever, noone except me can login as root. My question was