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friz
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phpMyAdmin databases

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I was asked to 'webmaster' the site of a band I joined.
When I looked at phpMyAdmin I saw there were 33 databases. I only have acces to the data from our site.
Is the 'original' webmaster using our databases on our host for other sites? Or could it be that our database is hosted on another site?
In the config file 'localhost' is the host variable, so I'm guessing he's using our databases for other sites. Is this correct?
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Post by onion2k »

Two possibilities:

1. You're right, the previous person running the site used the server to host lots of other sites.

More likely though...

2. The hosting company hasn't got a clue about security and lets your database user view everything in mysql.
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Post by anjanesh »

friz - Whats the name of the Hosting Co ? I would like to know what kind of Service they provide.
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Post by friz »

thx for the replies. The site is hosted by http://www.webline.be/
when I use ftp I only see the files from our site. So the previous person only runs our site, but databases??
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Post by friz »

I think this is some kind of shared server plan where I can see the other databases on the same server.
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Post by timvw »

Well, you can only see they exist.. I would be surprised if you had XS rights to them :P (Anyway, a self-respecting company would at least place an address and tax number on it's pages...)
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