In message <242279.30838.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DEJI SAMUEL <sammy_tex@xxxxxxxxx> writes >hi ram, > i ve a problem, i want to restrict access to phpmyadmin on network environment >so dt on the server that is running phpmysql , somebody from another system will >not be able to access phpmyadmin on that server. the reason is that i tried to >access phpmyadmin on my server from another system and i entered this url >http://serversystem/phpmyadmin/ > from a system with computer name system1 and it worked. i was able to modify >the content of the database from anoda system which is too porous , what if >somebody wants to break in and destroy the database? there should be a way of >really blocking access to phphmyadmin remotely may be an interface that will ask >for user name and password before getting to phpmyadmin In my ini file, I have a section with ALLOW FROM and DENY FROM - I set it to DENY ALL, and only use the computer where it is running, but I could also set ALLOW FROM to the IP of another computer. -- Pete Clark Sunny Andalucia http://www.hotcosta.com/comm_1.htm
