From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 2 06:29:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA20145 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 06:29:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA20138 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 06:29:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joe@florence.pavilion.net) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) id OAA04701; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:29:22 GMT (envelope-from joe) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:29:22 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser To: Alex Povolotsky Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: YP-like mySQL thing Message-ID: <19990202142921.E84751@florence.pavilion.net> References: <199902020728.KAA06671@shuttle.svib.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199902020728.KAA06671@shuttle.svib.ru>; from Alex Povolotsky on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 10:28:13AM +0300 X-NCC-RegID: uk.pavilion Organisation: Pavilion Internet plc, 24 The Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL, England Phone: +44-1273-607072 Fax: +44-1273-607073 Mobile: +44-403-596893 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 10:28:13AM +0300, Alex Povolotsky wrote: > Hello! > > I've made a patch to libc to allow YP-like extension of passwd file using mySQL. > > I can share it if anyone is interested, and I need an advise: how should I > rebuild libc.so (or what else?) so that shared executables would pick > libmysqlclient.so without rebuilding? How do you get around the insecurity of mysql? i.e. any user on the system can pretend to be user root using the -u option to mysql. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message