MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1) MariaDB Database System MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)
NAME
mysql_secure_installation - improve MariaDB installation security
SYNOPSIS
mysql_secure_installation
DESCRIPTION
This program enables you to improve the security of your MariaDB
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 anonymous users.
mysql_secure_installation can be invoked without arguments:
shell> mysql_secure_installation
The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.
mysql_secure_installation accepts some options:
o --basedir=dir_name
Base directory.
o --defaults-extra-file=file_name
Additional option file.
o --defaults-file=file_name
Option file.
o --no-defaults
Don't read any defaults file.
Other unrecognized options will be passed on to the server.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
2010-2017 MariaDB Foundation
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 02110-1335 USA or see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
AUTHOR
MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).
MariaDB 10.3 9 May 2017 MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)