1MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)         MySQL Database System        MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)
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NAME

6       mysql_secure_installation - improve MySQL installation security
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SYNOPSIS

9       mysql_secure_installation
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DESCRIPTION

12       This program enables you to improve the security of your MySQL
13       installation in the following ways:
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15       ·   You can set a password for root accounts.
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17       ·   You can remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the
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20       ·   You can remove anonymous-user accounts.
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22       ·   You can remove the test database, which by default can be accessed
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25       Invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:
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27           shell> mysql_secure_installation
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29       The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.
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32       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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34       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
35       modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
36       published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
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38       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
39       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
40       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
41       General Public License for more details.
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43       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
44       with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
45       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see
46       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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SEE ALSO

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

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