As I was developing it, I ran it like this:

perl -TwMstrict mysqlstatus.pl

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So, it *is* strict, warning, and taint compatible.

There's no other way to send the root password through HTTP that's completely compatible with all browsers and that doesn't require SSL, as far as I know. If there is a way, I would love to hear it!

You bring up a good point about the root password argument. I do not think that you could set it to "drowssap; drop mysql;" and erase a database. The only thing that could go wrong is a bug in MySQL of the buffer overflow sort, and I have no control over those sorts of things. It's really meant to be used by an admin, and it can even be used with HTTP Auth security so as to disallow potential attackers even the privilege of having a form to validate potential root passwords. :)

Quinn Slack
perl -e 's ssfhjok qupyrqs&&tr sfjkohpyuqrspitnrapj"hs&&eval&&s&&&'

In reply to Re: Re: MySQL Status Tool by qslack
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