warning: mysql local root exploit when running as root

2001-03-22 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello This one appeared on a Debian mailing list. I know that this is fixed in the latest versions as they allow running the server as non-root user and so it is not considered as a bug () but I'm sure that there're administrators out there which are not aware of this exploiting method!

Re: warning: mysql local root exploit when running as root

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hello. On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 10:43:18PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello This one appeared on a Debian mailing list. I know that this is fixed in the latest versions as they allow running the server as non-root user and so it is not considered as a bug () but I'm sure that