September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 28m
English
MariaDB authentication is based on a username, a password, and the client's hostname (or its IP address). The username and the hostname form the account, for example:
user_01@localhost
Each user can be authenticated by a different plugin. This is helpful when using external login systems, for example, operating system users. MariaDB or a plugin checks the password provided by the client and accepts or rejects the connection.
Permissions can be assigned to individual accounts or to accounts that match a pattern. Patterns are specified using the syntax for the LIKE operator. Several permissions exist. Each of them allows executing a single statement type, or a limited set of statements. Permissions can be applied to the ...
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