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 allow
anyone access to databases with names that start with test_.
mysql_secure_installation helps you implement security recommendations
similar to those described at Section 2.13.2, "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, 2010, 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/).