Make sure that the files are not world readable.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Taing Nguon wrote:

> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:52:30 +0700
> From: Taing Nguon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MySQL Security
> 
> Dear sir or madam
> 
>     MySQL user's account is not related to user's account on Linux =
> System, so they can be different.
> 
> My problem is that I use perl DBI to interact MySQL server as belows:
> 
> ------
> use DBI;
> $dbh =3D DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:DatabaseName","$user","$password");
> 
> -------
> 
> So $user and $password can be known by any users in Linux system because =
>  they are written in text format and DataBase can be changed or updated =
> by other users in Linux system easily by using Perl DBI. Is there any =
> way to prevent Database from being changed? Millon of thanks!!!!
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Taing Nguon
> 
> 
> 

Sincerely,

William Mussatto, Senior Systems Engineer
CyberStrategies, Inc
ph. 909-920-9154 ext. 27


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