Yes, it is because MySQL requires you to have permission to SELECT on the underlying tables, which are sensitive and can't be exposed to labs.
See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T50875 On 31 August 2015 at 02:04, Golden Ring <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the reason that ordinary users can't EXPLAIN most queries in the > replicas that it requires the SELECT privilege on the underlying tables, > and this is withheld for privacy reasons (the view NULLs out the password, > email, options, token etc)? > > GoldenRing > > On 30 August 2015 at 23:48, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 31/08/15 00:17, Huji Lee wrote: >> >>> Oh that is smart! >>> >>> By the way, after some exploration I figured out I really don't know how >>> to connect to a specific labsdb instance. What is the host name I should >>> be using on command line? fawiki.labsdb001 is not the answer. >>> >> >> >> mysql -h labsdb1001.eqiad.wmnet fawiki_p >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Labs-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l > >
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