Re: safe_mysqld

From: Octavian F Filoti (ofiloti@cisunix.unh.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 16:07:12 EST


Hi,

Ernie Bisson has restarted the MySQL server, so it is running!

Tavi

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Octavian F Filoti wrote:

>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:17:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: Adrian T Sindile <asindile@CISUNIX.UNH.EDU>
> To: BlastTalk@rocko.lns.mit.edu
> Subject: safe_mysqld
>
> Hi!
> I was playing around from UNH and I discovered that a user is allowed to
> shutdown the mysql server (but not to restart it)!
> This is a security problem (maybe in this early stages Jeff left it with a
> purpose?) and it needs to be fixed.
> Anyway, now the mysql server is down and Tavi wants to work over the
> weekend (the trigger program uses the database).
> I do not have the mysql root password so I cannot fix the problem I
> created (I totally forgot about the fact that Tavi wanted to work over the
> weekend and that the trigger uses the database).
> Can anyone (Tim, Ed, maybe Jeff if you are still reading BLAST mail)
> restart the mysql daemon?
> Thanks!
>
> Adrian
>
>



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