Website URL https://jmail.rf.gd , https://reg.jri.rf.gd Error Message [No error] Other Information I am not sure if it’s possible to perform cross-account MySQL connections. I have 3 accounts open, all of which have DBs. My website, JriMail, connects client-side to JriGlobali to provide information…

It’s possible, yes, but not officially supported or recommended. Our database servers cannot be used from outside our hosting. But from within our hosting, any website server can connect to any database server. As far as I know, account assignments to web servers and database servers is independen…

[image] Jri-Creator: I was wondering if it was possible to connect to the DB that’s on a seperate account, considering that it’s hosted on InfinityFree. Unlikely, [image] Connecting to MySQL from an external application You cannot connect to a free hosting MySQL database from outside your…

[image] Jri-Creator: perform cross-account MySQL connections Following because I’m intrested in this too. Not holding my breath, but intrested

Give it a shot and see what happens. My guess is not possible, but if the only software limitation is in localhost connections and there is no domain/username check, it might work.

[image] Greenreader9: Give it a shot and see what happens. I think I will when I get home. If I get in trouble I’m blaming you :wink: loo

[image] Admin: But now the old account is not getting any web traffic, meaning it will get suspended for inactivity. But that will also disable the databases of that account All three of my accounts get a decent amount of traffic, so I wouldn’t see this being an issue for a while. I only need…

[image] Jri-Creator: How would the servers know when an outsider is connecting, and when an insider is? Localhost vs external IP. Locking a database to only localhost connections is very common on a lot of production environments for security reasons.

[image] Jri-Creator: How would the servers know when an outsider is connecting, and when an insider is? Why are you able to connect to a printer on your own WiFi network but the rest of the world isn’t able to do that? It’s because they are connected to the same local network. And because the…

[image] Admin: Why are you able to connect to a printer on your own WiFi network but the rest of the world isn’t able to do that? Unfortunately that argument is no longer valid, printers are very much accessible to the world and it’s and issue too: Open IPP Report – Exposed Printer…

[image] Greenreader9: Unfortunately that argument is no longer valid, printers are very much accessible to the world and it’s and issue too: The printers listed in that articles appear to be connected to the public internet, not a private network, so it doesn’t really count. But in retrospect…

Chromecasts are exposed as well, remote control is a feature. One would hope that there would be much better security / less access vulnerabilities as it’s backed by Alphabet, but honestly who knows.

Cross-Account MySQL, is it possible?

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KangJL January 15, 2025, 2:41pm 2

Unlikely,