On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 02:40 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> Why do you think no app would need it?
I never claimed this.
> How about something that does mysql backups, or manages MySQL accounts?
> I have made 2 packages that needs that, one of them being
> automysqlbackup, and I had to do hackish stuff like this:
Wouldn't you just use this:
mysqldump --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ...ARGS...
When you're talking about system-level access, the idea of
per-application database users loses most of its utility.
Richard
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