it's possible to run as non-root user with pam_unix
Bug #907483 reported by
Kenny Gryp
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percona-pam-for-mysql |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Hrvoje Matijakovic | ||
Bug Description
The documentation states that if you want to use pam_unix, you need to run mysql as root.
That's not really necessary.
You can just add the mysql user to the shadow group. This shadow group at least exists in ubuntu:
root@lucid64:
shadow:x:42:mysql
root@lucid64:
4.0K -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 912 Dec 21 10:39 /etc/shadow
pam_unix Authentication just works then
Related branches
lp://staging/~hrvojem/percona-pam-for-mysql/bug907483
- Laurynas Biveinis (community): Approve
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Diff: 33 lines (+14/-2)2 files modifieddoc/source/faq.rst (+13/-1)
doc/source/installation.rst (+1/-1)
Revision history for this message
| Kenny Gryp (gryp) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in percona-pam-for-mysql: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| milestone: | none → percona-full-pam |
| Changed in percona-pam-for-mysql: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Hrvoje Matijakovic (hrvojem) |
| Changed in percona-pam-for-mysql: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Changed in percona-pam-for-mysql: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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| Raghavendra D Prabhu (raghavendra-prabhu) wrote | #2 |
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Note: you need to restart mysql for the group changes to have effect