mysql_secure_installation

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MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)	    MySQL Database System	 MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)



NAME
       mysql_secure_installation - improve MySQL installation security

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_secure_installation

DESCRIPTION
       This program enables you to improve the security of your MySQL
       installation in the following ways:

       ·  You can set a password for root accounts.

       ·  You can remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the
	  local host.

       ·  You can remove anonymous-user accounts.

       ·  You can remove the test database, which by default can be accessed
	  by anonymous users.


Invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:

   shell> mysql_secure_installation

The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB

       This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this
       documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a
       printed copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use.
       Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content
       is not altered or edited in any way. You shall not publish or
       distribute this documentation in any form or on any media, except if
       you distribute the documentation in a manner similar to how MySQL
       disseminates it (that is, electronically for download on a Web site
       with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium, provided however
       that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on
       the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of printed
       copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in another
       publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
       representative of MySQL AB. MySQL AB reserves any and all rights to
       this documentation not expressly granted above.

       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.



MySQL 5.0			  07/04/2007		 MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)