Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:59:51 +1200 (NZST) From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: using mysql over ssh Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004191550130.17472-100000@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
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I want to access a mysql database remotely. I've had success with the
following approach:
ssh user@mydomain.org /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -uuserid
-ppassword dbname < mysql.sql
where mysql.sql contains the SQL statements I wish to run.
I have two issues with this approach:
1 - The mysql password is supplied on the command line. I don't like
that. How can I avoid that?
2 - To achieve the ssh login, I copied the contents of ~/.ssh/identity.pub
to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote box. How much of a risk is it
allowing logins like that? My feeling is that if I trust the security on
the local box, it's not an issue. Comments?
Any other suggestions/recommendations will be appreciated.
cheers
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