Bug 156077

Summary:	mysqlhotcopy is a security risk
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Nigel Horne <njh>
Component:	mysql	Assignee:	Tom Lane <tgl>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	3	CC:	hhorak
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Description Nigel Horne 2005-04-27 12:26:21 UTC

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Description of problem:
Mysqlhotcopy allows any user to view valid login names and password for a MySQL database

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mysql-3.23.58-16.FC3.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run mysqlhotcopy on a large database
2. on another terminal run "ps -ef"
3. view an unencrypted username and password for the database
  

Actual Results:  unencrypted username and password for the database are seen

Expected Results:  The username and passwords should be read from a file that is not world readable

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Comment 1 Tom Lane 2005-04-27 14:20:47 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 156076 ***