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| author | lenz@mysql.com <> | 2003-02-05 12:22:28 +0100 |
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| committer | lenz@mysql.com <> | 2003-02-05 12:22:28 +0100 |
| commit | ff15b200f99a01e5c0aa650862f44e2f8b2f3574 (patch) | |
| tree | a3c8d1bec5cd0a846b31b3328d28d35714758d14 /scripts | |
| parent | 1454f356405301cb6e562aea050b5d8ab0f0bac6 (diff) | |
| download | mariadb-git-ff15b200f99a01e5c0aa650862f44e2f8b2f3574.tar.gz | |
- added word of warning about providing the password as cleartext using
the --password parameter (better add it to my.cnf instead) (Thanks to
Christian Hammers for the suggestion)
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh b/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh index b8d4a0a9a38..1a694247461 100644 --- a/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh +++ b/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh @@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ Usage: $0 db_name[./table_regex/] [new_db_name | directory] -?, --help display this helpscreen and exit -u, --user=# user for database login if not current user - -p, --password=# password to use when connecting to server - -h, --host=# Hostname for local server when connecting over TCP/IP + -p, --password=# password to use when connecting to server (if not set + in my.cnf, which is recommended) + -h, --host=# Hostname for local server when connecting over TCP/IP -P, --port=# port to use when connecting to local server with TCP/IP -S, --socket=# socket to use when connecting to local server @@ -893,7 +894,11 @@ user for database login if not current user =item -p, --password=# -password to use when connecting to server +password to use when connecting to the server. Note that you are strongly +encouraged *not* to use this option as every user would be able to see the +password in the process list. Instead use the '[mysqlhotcopy]' section in +one of the config files, normally /etc/my.cnf or your personal ~/.my.cnf. +(See the chapter 'my.cnf Option Files' in the manual) =item -h, -h, --host=# |