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6 mariadb-secure-installation - improve MariaDB installation security
7 (mysql_secure_installation is now a symlink to mariadb-secure-
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11 mysql_secure_installation
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14 This program enables you to improve the security of your MariaDB
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17 • You can set a password for root accounts.
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19 • You can remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the
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24 • You can remove the test database, which by default can be accessed
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27 mysql_secure_installation can be invoked without arguments:
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31 The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.
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33 mysql_secure_installation accepts some options:
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51 Other unrecognized options will be passed on to the server.
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54 Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
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57 This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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61 This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
62 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
63 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
64 General Public License for more details.
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