unauthenticated user in MYSQL process list
Some time in mysql process list you may see “unauthenticated user” increasing up it look like:
| 1004 | unauthenticated user | xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4455 | NULL | Connect | NULL | login | NULL |
Edit my.cnf file by
root@server [~]# vi /etc/my.cnf
Now add below line as it is
skip-networking
skip-name-resolve
skip-host-cache
skip-locking
skip-host-cache
skip-locking
Once added save it and restart the mysql service and start monitoring the mysql process
Now you will see that the unauthenticated user vanishes within no time