MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)                                  MySQL Database System                                 MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)



NAME
       mysql_secure_installation - improve MySQL installation security

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_secure_installation

DESCRIPTION
       This program enables you to improve the security of your MySQL installation in the following ways:

       o   You can set a password for root accounts.

       o   You can remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the local host.

       o   You can remove anonymous-user accounts.

       o   You can remove the test database (which by default can be accessed by all users, even anonymous users), and
           privileges that permit anyone to access databases with names that start with test_.

       mysql_secure_installation helps you implement security recommendations similar to those described at Section 2.12.2,
       "Securing the Initial MySQL Accounts".

       Invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:

           shell> mysql_secure_installation

       The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.

       mysql_secure_installation is not available on Windows.

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_SECURE_INST(1)