clarification

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Marc Delisle
2003-01-07 14:04:42 +00:00
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<p><b>Using authentication modes:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Http and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a multi-user
environment where you want to give users access to their own database
and don't want them to play around with others.
<li>Http and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a <b>multi-user
environment</b> where you want to give users access to their own
database and don't want them to play around with others.
<br />
Nevertheless be aware that MS Internet Explorer seems to be really
buggy about cookies, at least till version 6. And php 4.1.1 is also a
bit buggy in this area!<br /><br /></li>
bit buggy in this area!<br />
Even in a <b>single-user environment</b>, you might prefer to use
http or cookie mode so that your user/password pair are not in clear
in the configuration file.<br /><br /></li>
<li>Http and cookie authentication modes are more secure: the MySQL
password does not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration file