It was recently brought to my attention by one of my clients that they are able to see what databasaes have been setup on the mysql server. They can view the names but cannot look into the databases that dont belong to them however.

what i would like to know is how i cant prevent this, such that the client is only able to view the database names which belong to them.

Hmmm,

Same here,
I think you could avoid this only if each mysql database is bound to different ip.

Same is the case if you use mssql server. Try loggin on through enterprise manager, You will see all database names

Even if you use simple scripts like MysqlMan
what we have on
http://www.indiawebhosts.com/cgi-bin/mysqlman/mysql.cgi

All users can see the database names but do nothing more

Lets see if anyone else has an alternative.

Regards
Manish Kapadia

Start mysql with the --safe-show-database option.