percona-pam-for-mysql

  1. Bug #907483
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 907483

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Raghavendra D Prabhu (raghavendra-prabhu) wrote :

Providing group access to shadow file to mysql's group is also
bad since a mysql vulnerability can lead to entire system being
compromised.

The right way is to use unix_chkpwd helper, however, it is
currently not working, hence I have raised https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-pam-for-mysql/+bug/1086795 for the same.