Re: MySQL Audit Function
Antony T Curtis <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.db.mysql.devel |
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Oh cool! There is less missing now. On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Paul DuBois wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Antony T Curtis wrote: > >> MySQL 5.5 has some audit functionality. >> >> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/writing-audit-plugins.html >> >> However, It's not "all there". If you look at the mysql bk-commits email list at around Jan-April 2008, there are additional patches which hook into many parts of MySQL, including all the phases of connection and authentication. > > So if you compare the URL above to the corresponding one in the 5.6 manual: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/writing-audit-plugins.html > > You'll see that the example audit plugin can track more kinds of events. Compare the two versions beginning with this paragraph: > > "The general descriptor also refers to simple_status, a structure that exposes several status variables to the SHOW STATUS statement:" > >> Regards, >> Antony. >> >> On 5 Feb, 2012, at 1:28 am, Aruna Karunarathna wrote: >> >>> I think that MySQL database is suffers from lacking a proper Audit >>> Functionality. >>> I would like to contribute in a way to enable a better audit trail. >>> >>> Are there any suggestions or a particular group I should added to? > > -- > Paul DuBois > Oracle Corporation / MySQL Documentation Team > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > www.mysql.com > -- MySQL Internals Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/internals To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/internals