Re: [PHPLIB] mysql + php3 + apache questions From: Ian Marsman (ianm <email protected>)
Date: 12/09/99

How is this a phplib question?

On 9 Dec 1999 jcc <email protected> wrote:

> hello
>
> I am currently running an Sun Ultra2 with fully patched installation
> of Solaris 7. The following packages have been installed on it:
> apache1.3.3
> php3.05
> mysql3.22.27
>
> I have three main questions. Two pertain to mysql and the final deals
> with php and mysql. Answers/ideas/suggestions to any of these would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> - Is there a way to get mysql to use the system's PAM stuff in
> addition to passwords stored in a mysql table? Has this been done
> before? If so, how?
>
> - Can MySql be run so that it creates database files with some owner
> other than mysql (root, dba or mysqladmin)? We use a script which
> does a "ln -s" so the database is stored to the person's home dir
> and we fix up the modes, owner, and group. Is there a better way to
> do this or a way for mysqld to safely do this? If so, how?
>
> - Is there a way to have world-readable php3 web pages access mysql
> tables without putting a username and password in the php page?
> Different php3 pages should be able to use diffent mysql usernames
> and passwords for different permission restrictions. Since the php3
> pages are readable by httpd, (i.e. world readable on a timeshared
> machine) we don't want to have username/passwords in the php3 source
> page.
>
>
> --
> Jack
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