Details
The [client] section of the MySQL configuration file allows setting a user and password to be used. Verify the password option is not used in the global configuration file (my.cnf).
Solution
Use the mysql_config_editor to store authentication credentials in .mylogin.cnf in encrypted form. If not possible, use the user-specific options file, .my.cnf., and restricting file access permissions to the user identity.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.