Re: Remote Console on MySQL

[Marco Ivaldi <raptor () 0xdeadbeef info>]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, David Ball wrote:

> Could be wrong here but I recall a 'system' command that you can use at
> the mysql> prompt to run OS commands.

[snip]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Clemens, Dan wrote:

> I don't think the system command in mysql came into effect until
> mysql4.x - use 'system <command>'.

[snip]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Rusty Bug wrote:

> I'm not sure if answer your question but the MySQL shell can interact
> with the OS with the "\!" (Execute a system shell command) command.

Both "system" and "\!" mysql _client_ commands run shell commands locally
(i.e. on the local system running the mysql client, with the privileges of
the current user) -- not remotely (on the host running the mysqld database
server, with the privileges of the user actually running it).

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