full-disclosure - MySQL and the user "su"

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From: kris at koehntopp.de (Kristian Koehntopp)
Subject: MySQL and the user "su"

> I have today determined that I can connect to a local MySQL-server per
>  "mysql -usu".  I regard that to error, can that someone confirm?

You have entries in your mysql.user table that contain the hostname 
localhost and have an empty username field, I presume. If so, please 
read up on MySQL permissions.

Kristian