> I don't know what isp's usually provide. I would think if one lets you

run

> a database they would also give you a ssh shell account you could
> administer it from. Does this address the problem you are trying to

solve?

Hi

However the ISP would decide to allow access to the database, they would
need to allow me to administer it remotely in some form or other. If this
database server is shared with other customers then I will be able to get
information on their databases (meta data etc) providing I can register
their databases.

My question is
A) Is it easy for someone to check which databases are available ?
B) If it isn't then there should be no problem, but if it is then is it
possible to stop people without authorisation from extracting my meta-data ?

Pete