Re: wierd error message from mysqld

Sergei Golubchik <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

On Feb 26, Brent Bailey wrote:
> Im running mysql on a Freebsd 4.9.. In going through my logs this
> morning I saw this error.
> I find it odd that mysqd would try to open the /etc/hosts.allow file ..
> this makes me think that someone issued the command through mysql
> .with that in mind.
>  
> 1. Is there a way to get mysqld to log to a specific file ? 

Yes. Run 'mysqld --help' and search for option starting from --log
  
> 2. Does the below error mean that someone tried to access these files
> via mysql commands ?

No.
You probably are using MySQL as compiled from FreeBSD port collection -
and it also means that it is compiled with libwrap support
(try 'ldd mysqld' to know it for certain).

More information at

man 8 tcpd
man 5 hosts_access

> Feb 25 13:44:14 xxx mysqld[175]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 59:
> cannot open /etc/hosts.allow: Permission denied
> Feb 25 13:44:14 xxx mysqld[175]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 59:
> cannot open /etc/hosts.deny: Permission denied

Regards,
Sergei

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