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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question
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Chris Lightfoot |
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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question |
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Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:06:55 +0100 |
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 05:57:31PM +0200, Allan Joergensen wrote:
> On 07-Sep-2003, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
>
> > OK. We grab the UID of the user because we might want to
> > use their home directory later in a substitution string.
> > Since creating a passwd entry isn't much work, I don't
> > think this is worth changing.
>
> But it really defeats the purpose of using *SQL to hold the user
> information.
No. After all, the UID can be the same for all database
users. And using UIDs alone without recording them in
/etc/passwd strikes me as poor practice -- what happens if
somebody later creates a user with UID 5029 for some other
purpose?
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- [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Allan Joergensen, 2003/09/06
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Chris Lightfoot, 2003/09/07
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Allan Joergensen, 2003/09/07
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Chris Lightfoot, 2003/09/07
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Allan Joergensen, 2003/09/07
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question,
Chris Lightfoot <=
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Allan Joergensen, 2003/09/07
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Chris Lightfoot, 2003/09/07
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question, Michal Czerwinski, 2003/09/08