Re: Access your MySQL database for maintenance without a password

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Access your MySQL database for maintenance without a password
Date: 2006-03-22 01:48:18
Message-ID: 200603212048.18185.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Tuesday 21 March 2006 17:38, Chris Browne wrote:
> ned(at)nedscape(dot)com (Ned Lilly) writes:
> > Noted without comment...
> >
> > http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-9592_11-6051389.html
>
> This differs from .pgpass in what vital way???

It doesn't, although remember mysql can have root level exploits, so it is a
little more serious.

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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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