Full Disclosure: Re: MySql Password Auditor v1.0 Released

[Tracy Reed <treed () ultraviolet org>]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 03:30:18AM +0530, Nagareshwar Talekar spake thusly:
> In addition to recovering your lost/forgotten passwords, it can also
> help you to audit Mysql database server setup in an corporate
> environment by discovering the weak password configurations. 
What a nice euphemism. :)

The only thing legitimate database administrators really need to know is:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix

If anyone wanted to write a real tool for auditing mysql they would look at
query logs and generate a list of least-privilege permissions each user needs
and identify database users with overly broad permissions based on past usage.
Anyone know if such a tool exists? I keep hoping the ingenious maatkit folks
will come up with something along these lines.

-- 
Tracy Reed

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