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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question
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Allan Joergensen |
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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question |
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Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:20:07 +0200 |
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On 07-Sep-2003, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> > 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
I have one uid per domain, having those in /etc/passwd is not really a
problem since I host less than 10 domains. With many domains this may be
a problem.
I use this as a security measure (but this may be a wrong approach)
since it should be imposible for users in one domain to chdir into
another domain's directories (this is when ftp'ing in).
I could find a few good reason why one should not do this (number of
sql-lookups being one of them) so I'm open for suggestions :)
> /etc/passwd strikes me as poor practice -- what happens if
> somebody later creates a user with UID 5029 for some other
> purpose?
On my hosting only box this is not a problem (both now and when I was
working at an ISP).
--
Allan Joergensen
"You will die for this!" MacLeod
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- 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
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