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Section: MySQL Database System (1)
Updated: 11/15/2007
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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

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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