Hi! On 23 Jan 2015, at 00:03, Adam Scott <adam.c.sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I noticed MySQL 5.6 has a validate_password plugin. Since it's open-source, > can we add it to MariaDB 5.5. Or is that bad form, a hot potato, etc.? > > We need the features of this plugin in our environment, and the PAM > integration is looking not a good "fit" (though it's working great). > > (I'm trying to get it to compile in right now, but it's having issues with > the includes so far...working on it). > So Serg has been working on a validate_password plugin that isn't based on 5.5/5.6 - he's doing it a different way from what I gather See: https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5442 The bonus of how its done now, is that it's here: https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-6431 It is shipping in 10.1.2 (don't use this in production please) -- see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/documentation/plugins/simple_password_check/ Do you think that will do for you? An extension to this is tentatively scheduled for 10.2, but this may change if there are enough requests/time to do it -- https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-6554 -- Colin Charles, Chief Evangelist, MariaDB Corporation blog: http://bytebot.net/blog/| t: +6-012-204-3201 | Skype: colincharles _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss Post to : maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
