Re: PERL/SQL - Re: PL/SQL

[Michael Widenius]

Hi!

>>>>> "Russell" == Russell E Glaue <rglaue@stripped> writes:

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Russell> But I think LDAP AUTH and LDAP CONFIG are really necessary when moving to
Russell> a more distributed or clustered MySQL environment.  Either LDAP or some
Russell> other data management and distribution model.  LDAP just happens to have
Russell> most of the parts that would be needed.
Russell> 	And actually, when you make a change in MySQL AUTH Tables, you
Russell> have to reload the database. In an LDAP model, MySQL could (in a simple
Russell> model) just drop the current cache and then start recaching AUTH data.
Russell> So I don't see a problem.

When you are modifying privileges with GRANT, there is no need for
doing a reload.

Anyway, to be able to do this, we would need help from someone that is
really familiar with LDAP to help us make a interface inside MySQL to
LDAP that supports all the privileges levels we need.

Regards,
Monty