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Re: Is this normal behaviour?

 

Thank you.

I noticed some anonymous user entries in mysql.user. I have executed the
mysql_secure_installation and removed those users as well.

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Federico Razzoli <federico_raz@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Check table mysql.user: you probably have the account '%'@localhost. It's
> a pattern, and rot@localhost matches.
> When running SHOW DATABASES you see only the databases which you have some
> permissions.
>
> Federico
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *Da:* Karthick Subramanian <ksubramanian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *A:* Maria Discuss <maria-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Inviato:* Giovedì 4 Gennaio 2018 6:01
> *Oggetto:* [Maria-discuss] Is this normal behaviour?
>
> All,
>
> When I tried to connect in centos 7 mariadb 10.2.11 server using root
> user, by mistake I gave wrong user name, but it connected successfully. I
> am not sure why. When I check show databases, it didnt list all DBs, but
> when I connect with root again, I can see all valid Dbs.
>
> Is this normal that even if I give wrong user, it authenticate into DB
> server from root.
>
> [root@ipaddr ~]# mysql -u rot
> Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MariaDB connection id is 22
> Server version: 10.2.11-MariaDB MariaDB Server
>
> Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
>
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input
> statement.
>
> MariaDB [(none)]> show databases;
> +--------------------+
> | Database           |
> +--------------------+
> | information_schema |
> | test               |
> +--------------------+
> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> MariaDB [(none)]> exit
> Bye
> [root@ipaddr~]# mysql -u root
> Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MariaDB connection id is 24
> Server version: 10.2.11-MariaDB MariaDB Server
>
> Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
>
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input
> statement.
>
> MariaDB [(none)]> show databases;
> +--------------------+
> | Database           |
> +--------------------+
> | mydb01     |
> | information_schema |
> | mydb02      |
> | mysql              |
> | performance_schema |
> | test               |
> +--------------------+
> 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
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