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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 all users, even anonymous users), and privileges that permit
	   anyone to access databases with names that start with test_.

       mysql_secure_installation helps you implement security recommendations
       similar to those described at Section 2.10.4, “Securing the Initial
       MySQL Accounts”.

       As of MySQL 5.7.2, mysql_secure_installation is an executable binary
       available on all platforms. Before 5.7.2, it was a script available for
       Unix and Unix-like systems.

       Normal usage is to connect to the local MySQL server; invoke
       mysql_secure_installation without arguments:

	   shell> mysql_secure_installation

       When executed, mysql_secure_installation prompts you to determine which
       actions to perform.

       As of MySQL 5.7.2, mysql_secure_installation supports these additional
       features:

       ·   The validate_password plugin can be used for password strength
	   checking. If the plugin is not installed, mysql_secure_installation
	   prompts the user whether to install it. Any passwords entered later
	   are checked using the plugin if it is enabled.

       ·   Most of the usual MySQL client options such as --host and --port
	   can be used on the command line and in option files. For example,
	   to connect to the local server over IPv6 using port 3307, use this
	   command:

	       shell> mysql_secure_installation --host=::1 --port=3307

       mysql_secure_installation supports the following options, which can be
       specified on the command line or in the [mysql_secure_installation] and
       [client] groups of an option file. For information about option files
       used by MySQL programs, see Section 4.2.6, “Using Option Files”.

       ·   --help, -?

	   Display a help message and exit.

       ·   --defaults-extra-file=file_name

	   Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix)
	   before the user option file. If the file does not exist or is
	   otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs.  file_name is interpreted
	   relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name
	   rather than a full path name.

       ·   --defaults-file=file_name

	   Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is
	   otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs.  file_name is interpreted
	   relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name
	   rather than a full path name.

       ·   --defaults-group-suffix=str

	   Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the
	   usual names and a suffix of str. For example,
	   mysql_secure_installation normally reads the [client] and
	   [mysql_secure_installation] groups. If the
	   --defaults-group-suffix=_other option is given,
	   mysql_secure_installation also reads the [client_other] and
	   [mysql_secure_installation_other] groups.

       ·   --host=host_name, -h host_name

	   Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

       ·   --no-defaults

	   Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to
	   reading unknown options from an option file, --no-defaults can be
	   used to prevent them from being read.

	   The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file, if it exists, is read
	   in all cases. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way
	   than on the command line even when --no-defaults is used.
	   (.mylogin.cnf is created by the mysql_config_editor utility. See
	   mysql_config_editor(1).)

       ·   --password=password, -p password

	   This option is accepted but ignored. Whether or not this option is
	   used, mysql_secure_installation always prompts the user for a
	   password.

       ·   --port=port_num, -P port_num

	   The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

       ·   --print-defaults

	   Print the program name and all options that it gets from option
	   files.

       ·   --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

	   The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is
	   useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a
	   protocol to be used other than the one you want. For details on the
	   permissible values, see Section 4.2.2, “Connecting to the MySQL
	   Server”.

       ·   --socket=path, -S path

	   For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
	   Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

       ·   --ssl*

	   Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the
	   server using SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and
	   certificates. See Section 6.3.12.4, “SSL Command Options”.

       ·   --use-default

	   Execute noninteractively. This option can be used for unattended
	   installation operations. This option was added in MySQL 5.7.4.

       ·   --user=user_name, -u user_name

	   The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
       reserved.

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it only 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/.

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
       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

MySQL 5.7			  11/28/2015		  MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)
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