3.8 Ensure Plugin Directory Has Appropriate Permissions

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Information

The plugin directory is the location of the MySQL plugins. Plugins are storage engines or user defined functions (UDFs).

Solution

To remediate this setting, execute the following commands at a terminal prompt using the plugin_dir Value from the audit procedure.
chmod 775 <plugin_dir Value> (or use 755)
chown mysql:mysql <plugin_dir Value>

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1623