NAME
mysql_setpermission - interactively set permissions in grant tables
SYNOPSIS
mysql_setpermission [options]
DESCRIPTION
mysql_setpermission is a Perl script that was originally written and
contributed by Luuk de Boer. It interactively sets permissions in the
MySQL grant tables. mysql_setpermission is written in Perl and
requires that the DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules be installed (see
Section 2.15, "Perl Installation Notes").
Invoke mysql_setpermission like this:
shell> mysql_setpermission [options]
options should be either --help to display the help message, or options
that indicate how to connect to the MySQL server. The account used when
you connect determines which permissions you have when attempting to
modify existing permissions in the grant tables.
mysql_setpermissions also reads options from the [client] and [perl]
groups in the .my.cnf file in your home directory, if the file exists.
mysql_setpermission supports the following options:
o --help
Display a help message and exit.
o --host=host_name
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
o --password=password
The password to use when connecting to the server. Note that the
password value is not optional for this option, unlike for other
MySQL programs.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. See Section 5.3.2.2, "End-User Guidelines for Password
Security". You can use an option file to avoid giving the password
on the command line.
o --port=port_num
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
o --socket=path
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use.
o --user=user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
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/).