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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question
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Chris Lightfoot |
Subject: |
Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Another MySQL question |
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Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:37:27 +0100 |
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 07:20:07PM +0200, Allan Joergensen wrote:
> 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 :)
no, that's fine.
> > /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).
well... it doesn't sound to me like a good idea. i don't
think creating the odd /etc/passwd line is too onerous.
--
When you do a good deed, get a receipt,
in case the afterlife is like the Inland Revenue.
- [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, 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, Michal Czerwinski, 2003/09/08