MYSQL_FIX_PRIVILE(1)                                  MySQL Database System                                 MYSQL_FIX_PRIVILE(1)



NAME
       mysql_fix_privilege_tables - upgrade MySQL system tables

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_fix_privilege_tables --password=root_password

DESCRIPTION
           Note
           In MySQL 5.1.7, mysql_fix_privilege_tables was superseded by mysql_upgrade, which should be used instead. See
           mysql_upgrade(1).

       Some releases of MySQL introduce changes to the structure of the system tables in the mysql database to add new
       privileges or support new features. When you update to a new version of MySQL, you should update your system tables as
       well to make sure that their structure is up to date. Otherwise, there might be capabilities that you cannot take
       advantage of.

       mysql_fix_privilege_tables is an older script that previously was used to uprade the system tables in the mysql database
       after a MySQL upgrade.

       Before running mysql_fix_privilege_tables, make a backup of your mysql database.

       On Unix or Unix-like systems, update the system tables by running the mysql_fix_privilege_tables script:

           shell> mysql_fix_privilege_tables

       You must run this script while the server is running. It attempts to connect to the server running on the local host as
       root. If your root account requires a password, indicate the password on the command line like this:

           shell> mysql_fix_privilege_tables --password=root_password

       The mysql_fix_privilege_tables script performs any actions necessary to convert your system tables to the current format.
       You might see some Duplicate column name warnings as it runs; you can ignore them.

       After running the script, stop the server and restart it so that any changes made to the system tables take effect.

       On Windows systems, MySQL distributions include a mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql SQL script that you can run using the
       mysql client. For example, if your MySQL installation is located at C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1, the commands
       look like this:

           C:\> cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1"
           C:\> bin\mysql -u root -p mysql
           mysql> SOURCE share/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql


           Note
           Prior to version 5.1.17, the mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql script is found in the scripts directory.

       The mysql command will prompt you for the root password; enter it when prompted.

       If your installation is located in some other directory, adjust the path names appropriately.

       As with the Unix procedure, you might see some Duplicate column name warnings as mysql processes the statements in the
       mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql script; you can ignore them.

       After running the script, stop the server and restart it.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1997, 2011, 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 5.1                                                  10/26/2011                                       MYSQL_FIX_PRIVILE(1)