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Use Dedicated Least Privileged Account for MySQL Daemon/Service

Details

As with any service installed on a host, it can be provided with its own user context. Providing a dedicated user to the service provides the ability to precisely constrain the service within the larger host context.

Solution

Create a user which is only used for running MySQL and directly related processes. This user must not have administrative rights to the system.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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