Package: mysql-server Version: 5.0.32-7etch1 Severity: important There is an obvious need for scripts to securely access mysql. Using a command-line parameter for a password is known to be insecure and documented as such in mysql(1).
A simple solution to this problem is to offer another command-line parameter (maybe -P) that specifies the name of a file which contains a password. So if I want to allow a PHP script to connect to MySQL I would create a file that is only readable by the www-data user which contains the password and the script could call "mysql -u www-data -P /etc/apache2/password-file". -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-xen-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mysql-server depends on: ii mysql-server-5.0 5.0.32-7etch1 mysql database server binaries mysql-server recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
