Re: computer in a same network access the mysql database by mapping the drive - Sinisa Milivojevic - com.mysql.lists.bugs

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harvin	04 Jul 2001 06:31
Sinisa Milivojevic	04 Jul 2001 07:47
Michael Widenius	05 Jul 2001 03:19

Subject:	Re: computer in a same network access the mysql database by mapping the drive
From:	Sinisa Milivojevic (sin...@mysql.com)
Date:	07/04/2001 07:47:32 AM
List:	com.mysql.lists.bugs

harvin writes:

HI,

SUB:- A COMPUTER IN A SAME NETWORK WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THE MYSQL DATABASE IN MY
COMPUTER BY MAPPING THE C: DRIVE. THE USER AND THE PASSWORD BELONGS TO ROOT
USER.

I gave necessary privileges in the mysql database so that i have prevented
unauthorised users by accessing the database. But to my disbeleif one of my
coleague mapped my c: drive and started working in mysql as a root user . He got
all the privileges that a root user can have when working in the machine
containing the mysql database.

Even when i checked the processlist it showed me only one process running. So
now i was not able to kill the process.

regards kannan

Hi!

What you have described is not MySQL bug.

To have your C: drive shareable is a problem of setting up yoru Windows.

On W2K this can be fixed by properly setting users /groups for mysql basedir and datadir.