1MYSQL_INSTALL_DB()                                          MYSQL_INSTALL_DB()
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NAME

6       mysql_install_db - initialize MySQL data directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       mysql_install_db [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       mysql_install_db initializes the MySQL data directory and creates the
13       system tables that it contains, if they do not exist.
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15       To invoke mysql_install_db, use the following syntax:
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17           shell> mysql_install_db [options]
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19       Because the MySQL server, mysqld, needs to access the data directory
20       when it runs later, you should either run mysql_install_db from the
21       same account that will be used for running mysqld or run it as root and
22       use the --user option to indicate the user name that mysqld will run
23       as. It might be necessary to specify other options such as --basedir or
24       --datadir if mysql_install_db does not use the correct locations for
25       the installation directory or data directory. For example:
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27           shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql \
28                    --basedir=/opt/mysql/mysql \
29                    --datadir=/opt/mysql/mysql/data
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31       mysql_install_db needs to invoke mysqld with the --bootstrap and
32       --skip-grant-tables options (see Section 2.3.2, “Typical configure
33       Options”). If MySQL was configured with the --disable-grant-options
34       option, --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables will be disabled. To handle
35       this, set the MYSQLD_BOOTSTRAP environment variable to the full path
36       name of a server that has all options enabled.  mysql_install_db will
37       use that server.
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39       mysql_install_db supports the following options, which can be specified
40       on the command line or in the [mysql_install_db] and (if they are
41       common to mysqld) [mysqld] option file groups.
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43       ·   --basedir=path
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45           The path to the MySQL installation directory.
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47       ·   --force
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49           Cause mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not work. In that
50           case, grant table entries that normally use host names will use IP
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53       ·   --datadir=path, --ldata=path
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55           The path to the MySQL data directory.
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57       ·   --rpm
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59           For internal use. This option is used by RPM files during the MySQL
60           installation process.
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62       ·   --skip-name-resolve
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64           Use IP addresses rather than host names when creating grant table
65           entries. This option can be useful if your DNS does not work.
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67       ·   --srcdir=path
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69           For internal use. The directory under which mysql_install_db looks
70           for support files such as the error message file and the file for
71           populating the help tables. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.14.
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73       ·   --user=user_name
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75           The login user name to use for running mysqld. Files and
76           directories created by mysqld will be owned by this user. You must
77           be root to use this option. By default, mysqld runs using your
78           current login name and files and directories that it creates will
79           be owned by you.
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81       ·   --verbose
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83           Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
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85       ·   --windows
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87           For internal use. This option is used for creating Windows
88           distributions.
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91       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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93       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
94       modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
95       published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
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97       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
98       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
99       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
100       General Public License for more details.
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102       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
103       with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
104       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see
105       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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SEE ALSO

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

114       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).
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