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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-35111

Unix socket authentication plugin should support logging in as a different user

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      MySQL auth_socket plugin supports logging in as a different user:
      alter user backup identified with auth_socket as 'root';

      This way, the backup script could run as root, and the permissions the backup tool has is the permissions of the 'backup' user. This avoids storing a backup user password into a configuration file, improving security.

      Please implement the MariaDB unixsocket authentication plugin to supprort logging in as a different user as well.

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              TheLinuxJedi Andrew Hutchings
              michaeldg Michaël de groot
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