On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:21:07AM +0800, victor wrote:
>
> can mysql use the linux password /etc/passwd for the authentication
No. Because it cannot guarantee that users are who they say they are.
If you think of authorization and authentication as two separate
problems, the reasons are a little more clear.
And if you check the mailing list archives, you'll see that this comes
up all the time. Really.
Jeremy
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