[olug] protecting MySQL password on multi-user system

[Eric P]

I'm on a multi-user Linux system running PHP and MySQL.

Whenever I do an SQL query, I include a file just under the web root w/the MySQL username and password.

Even though it's under the web root, I have to keep this file's permission at 644 permissions, or else I get 'permission
denied'.

Am I missing something here?  I definately don't want this file readable by 'other'.

Any advice for the correct approach to this would be greatly appreciated!

Eric Pierce