That’s different, I think. That’s for a mapping between system users and dB users.
What I’m proposing is specifically for root, to be able to log in as any DB user. -FG > On Mar 25, 2019, at 6:21 PM, Justin Swanhart <[email protected]> wrote: > > MariaDB already supports authenticating as OS users such as root, when use by > UNIX domain sockets for communications: > https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/authentication-plugin-unix-socket/ > >> On Mar 25, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Felipe Gasper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I’ve submitted a proposal to the MySQL team to allow the system >> administrator, when logging in via a local socket that indicates reliably >> that the DB client is the superuser (e.g., SO_PEERCRED in Linux), to not >> need a password. As implemented, my suggestion allows root to log in as any >> user. >> >> The rationale is that the system administrator can do anything on the >> server (including manual edits to the DB files) anyway; thus, every user >> already implicitly trusts that user with their data. >> >> This will simplify DB administration on several levels, but most >> conspicuously because a lost DB admin password will no longer necessitate >> the awkward one-time-init-file recovery method. >> >> Would MariaDB be interested in this proposal? >> >> -FG >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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