after login to mysql issue:

select user();
and
select current_user();
and post output
you will see they dont match.

Claudio

On 8/1/2010 1:47 AM, Corey wrote:
> On Saturday 31 July 2010 4:40:14 chaim rieger wrote:
>
>> Another thing I just noticed
>>
>> In your first example you are using localhost, which probably means you are
>> connecting via network
>>
>> The second option you don't define a host, which means you're prolly using
>> socket connection
>>
> Oh, whoops - my bad for not being consistent with the examples.
>
> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -h localhost -u scripts
> Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MySQL connection id is 32 to server version: 4.1.14-standard
>
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
>
> mysql> \q
>
>
> ... it also works if I supply the '-p' option, but just hit<enter> at
> the password prompt:
>
> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -h localhost -u scripts -p
> Enter password:<enter>
> Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MySQL connection id is 33 to server version: 4.1.14-standard
>
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
>
> mysql>
>
>
>
> I'm completely baffled as to why I can _only_ login _without_ a
> password... but only for that one user, 'scripts'.
>
> Everything else works as expected.
>
> Is there some other auth table, or a config file or something that
> could cause such behavior.
>
> (I also don't understand why this would suddenly start occurring -
> seems suspicious)
>
>
>


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