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[Guillaume Lefranc <guillaume@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

it might be because of socket authentication plugin:

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/authentication-plugin-unix-socket/

In other words if you use "root" unix account you don't need password.

Best regards
Guillaume Lefranc
Signal 18

Le jeu. 4 janv. 2018 à 09:20, Karthick Subramanian <
ksubramanian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> 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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