Chapter 5. Users and Connections
This chapter illustrates the tools that MariaDB provides to control advanced security features and process management. The reader should already have the basic knowledge of MariaDB accounts and permission management, such as the basic syntax of the GRANT and REVOKE statements and how the permissions apply to databases, tables, and columns.
The following topics will be discussed in this chapter:
- User accounts
- Roles
- Secure Socket Layer connections
- Authentication plugins
- Limiting user resources
- Pool of threads
- Monitoring connections
