[GRLUG] cron job an password

[Topher]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Eric Beversluis wrote:

> OK. Thanks.
> (Even if my.cnf is owned by root and 700, mundaneUser can still use the
> mysql client? Seems to be the case. Maybe the user 'mysql' also always
> has access to it?)

mysql-client is just a client, like firefox is just a client.  Anyone can 
use it, but only to access the stuff to which the have the proper 
credentials.