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On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 09:10:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 08/02/2018 08:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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It was pointed out that MySql would be more suitable.
I don't understand this statement...
Nor did I :/
During my reading before attempting to install MariaDB it was either
an enhanced MySql or a renaming to avoid confusion with something
that didn't meet how Debian defines FOSS.
It was a reaction by some of the MySQL original developers (Monty
Widenius among others) to the fact that Oracle, by buying Sun's
leftovers, gained control of MySQL (MySQL had been sold to Sun before).
Obviously they didn't trust Oracle to be a good governor of a free
competition to their crown jewel, and they forked MySQL (which is
possible, because it was under a free license). See [1].
[...]
Note: Network and LAN are different things here. You don't
need a "running LAN" [...]
That may have been the source of one set of problems. I couldn't see
a distinction in the documentation between references that strictly
applied to a network server and what applied to the database server.
There isn't actually a big difference for the server whether it is
serving local clients or clients over the network. Authentication
is stricter for network clients (you can limit them by IP address
and so on), but that should be all.
Is there something focused on that topic. If it's explanation
doesn't solve my comprehension problems, at least it would be common
ground for me ask further intelligent questions.
The problem is that there are *lots* of docs (it is a complex
topic, after all). You can start a long browsing excursion here
https://mariadb.org/learn/