Boylan, Ross wrote: > What can I do about this? I had samequestion at one point of time. There are perhaps at least two ways solving this. 1. use LDAP - this is more complicated but also more professional 2. use Mysql PAM plugin 3. distribute passwd and group files to slave machines https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/pam-authentication-plugin.html https://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/PAM