On 16-Dec-04, 08:04 (CST), Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Take for example a web application like a forum. It requires the
> password so it can connect to the database. It can't/won't ask the
> password from the user.
But there is (or at least, should be) a specific user for that forum
application, with the minimum of rights needed for that application
(e.g. SELECT and UPDATE) in a single specific database. You're talking
about a DB *admin* password.
Steve
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