Bug #8712 error unauthenticated user
Submitted: 22 Feb 2005 22:12 Modified: 23 Feb 2005 1:28
Reporter: martin rodriguez Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:4.1.10 OS:Linux (Linux)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[22 Feb 2005 22:12] martin rodriguez 
Description:
Hi:

I Have a problem with mysql 4.1.10, i see one "unauthenticated user" when i executed mysqladmin processlist. This process to be running in other server where i have aplications running to connect mysql developed in java. 

Thanks!!!

How to repeat:
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Suggested fix:
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[23 Feb 2005 1:28] Hartmut Holzgraefe 
We're sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for 
asking help on using MySQL products. Your problem is not the result 
of a bug.

Support on using our products is available both free in our forums
at http://forums.mysql.com and for a reasonable fee direct from our
skilled support engineers at http://www.mysql.com/support/

Thank you for your interest in MySQL.
[23 Feb 2005 22:24] Louis Savage 
The fix to your issue is there is no reverse dns to your client machine or there is no entry in /etc/hosts . I have come across this same issue. 

Our webservers didn't have reverse dns or no entry on the database servers /etc/hosts so when the webservers client went to connect it caused 1k+ unauthenticated login connects.  As soon as I added the webservers ip along with fqdn or host name to /etc/hosts the issue was solved.