Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 06:37:50 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: patrick gibson <freebsd@patrickg.com> Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MySQL Password not masked in process listings Message-ID: <20021103063620.B12870-100000@m20.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <B9E9705D.6E34%freebsd@patrickg.com>
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, patrick gibson wrote: > I've been noticing that in FreeBSD, when I run the MySQL client with a > password specified on the command line (eg. mysql -pMyPassword MY_DATABASE), > the password is not masked when I (or any other user!) issue a "ps" or "w" > command. > > > patrick 47724 ... 11:49AM 0:00.03 mysql -pMyPassword MY_DATABASE > > I recently switched from Linux, and somehow it knew to mask the password: > > > patrick 47724 ... 11:49AM 0:00.03 mysql -p******* MY_DATABASE > > Does anyone know if this is a FreeBSD issue, or is it a problem in the way > that MySQL is compiled for FreeBSD? It looks like Linux is familiar with mysql and masks that. It has nothing to do with mysql. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message
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