If you are going to supply the functionality in your application of creating a
new schema, you will need to get the user to supply credentials with create
privileges for the database. Using root in a shell will not get you around
this. Use "CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS " and once you have your
s
Andrew,
This is a quick email typed on a phone on an aiport so forgive me for not
going to deep.
Basically : don't do it!
The dangers are too big. You should avoid using shell() with anything that
comes from user input.
If the user chooses a username such as:
" && rm -rf *
And this, in a
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Here is another thing I am wondering about this evening.
I am curious as to how much power the Shell() function in an On-Rev
configuration is. I'd like to create mySQL databases & users on the fly.
I know the shell() function can run commands for you, but do you think I
will be able to create mys
