[MDEV-19652] Misleading VARIABLE_COMMENT for SERVER_AUDIT_OUTPUT_TYPE in SYSTEM_VARIABLES Created: 2019-05-31  Updated: 2023-04-24

Status: Open
Project: MariaDB Server
Component/s: Plugin - Audit, Variables
Affects Version/s: 10.4
Fix Version/s: 10.4

Type: Bug Priority: Trivial
Reporter: Elena Stepanova Assignee: Dmitry Shulga
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 0
Labels: None


 Description   

Note: Possibly other versions are also affected, I didn't check. Please adjust the "Fix Version/s" field accordingly.

10.4 f98bb231

MariaDB [(none)]> select * from information_schema.system_variables where variable_name = 'SERVER_AUDIT_OUTPUT_TYPE' \G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
        VARIABLE_NAME: SERVER_AUDIT_OUTPUT_TYPE
        SESSION_VALUE: NULL
         GLOBAL_VALUE: file
  GLOBAL_VALUE_ORIGIN: SQL
        DEFAULT_VALUE: file
       VARIABLE_SCOPE: GLOBAL
        VARIABLE_TYPE: ENUM
     VARIABLE_COMMENT: Desired output type. Possible values - 'syslog', 'file' or 'null' as no output.
    NUMERIC_MIN_VALUE: NULL
    NUMERIC_MAX_VALUE: NULL
   NUMERIC_BLOCK_SIZE: NULL
      ENUM_VALUE_LIST: syslog,file
            READ_ONLY: NO
COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT: REQUIRED
1 row in set (0.002 sec)

Neither null nor 'null' are accepted.


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