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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 anonymous users.
       Invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:
           shell> mysql_secure_installation
       The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
       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 MySQL Reference Manual, which
       may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
       http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).

MySQL 5.1                         04/06/2010              MYSQL_SECURE_INST(1)