mysql_install_db

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NAME
       mysql_install_db - MySQL data directory initialization script

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_install_db [options]

DESCRIPTION
       mysql_install_db initializes the MySQL data directory and creates the
       system tables that it contains, if they do not exist. Because the
       MySQL server, mysqld, needs to access the data directory when it runs
       later, you should either run mysql_install_db from the same account
       that will be used for running mysqld or run it as root and use the
       --user option to indicate the username that mysqld will run as.

       To invoke mysql_install_db, use the following syntax:

	  shell> mysql_install_db [options]

       mysql_install_db needs to invoke mysqld with the --bootstrap and
       --skip-grant-tables options (see Section 4.14.2, “Typical configure
       Options”). If MySQL was configured with the --disable-grant-options
       option, --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables will be disabled. To
       handle this, set the MYSQLD_BOOTSTRAP environment variable to the full
       pathname of a server that has all options enabled.  mysql_install_db
       will use that server.

       mysql_install_db supports the following options:

       ·  --basedir=path

	  The path to the MySQL installation directory.

       ·  --force

	  Causes mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not work. In that
	  case, grant table entries that normally use hostnames will use IP
	  addresses.

       ·  --datadir=path, --ldata=path

	  The path to the MySQL data directory.

       ·  --rpm

	  For internal use. This option is used by RPM files during the MySQL
	  installation process.

       ·  --skip-name-resolve

	  Use IP addresses rather than hostnames when creating grant table
	  entries. This option can be useful if your DNS does not work.

       ·  --srcdir=path

	  For internal use. The directory under which mysql_install_db looks
	  for support files such as the error message file and the file for
	  populating the help tables. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.32.

       ·  --user=user_name

	  The login username to use for running mysqld. Files and directories
	  created by mysqld will be owned by this user. You must be root to
	  use this option. By default, mysqld runs using your current login
	  name and files and directories that it creates will be owned by
	  you.

       ·  --verbose

	  Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

       ·  --windows

	  For internal use. This option is used for creating Windows
	  distributions.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB

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       Please email <docs@mysql.com> for more information.

SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
       which may already be installed locally and which is also available
       online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes with no
       warranty.



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