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6 mysql_install_db - initialize MariaDB data directory
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9 mysql_install_db [options]
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12 mysql_install_db initializes the MariaDB 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 MariaDB 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 \
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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 MariaDB 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
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39 mysql_install_db supports the following options, which can be specified
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41 common to mysqld) [mysqld] option file groups.
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45 The path to the MariaDB installation directory.
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49 If using --srcdir with out-of-directory builds, you will need to
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53 · --cross-bootstrap
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55 For internal use. Used when building the MariaDB system tables on a
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60 The path to the MariaDB data directory.
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70 Set filename as the file to read default options from, override
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75 Cause mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not work. In that
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85 Do not read default options from any option file. This must be
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90 Print the program argument list and exit. This must be given as
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95 For internal use. This option is used by RPM files during the
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100 Use IP addresses rather than host names when creating grant table
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105 For internal use. The directory under which mysql_install_db looks
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111 The login user name to use for running mysqld. Files and
112 directories created by mysqld will be owned by this user. You must
113 be root to use this option. By default, mysqld runs using your
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119 Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
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123 For internal use. This option is used for creating Windows
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146 For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
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