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diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index 485a394dc47..cf073bba165 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -8704,7 +8704,16 @@ shell> ./bin/mysql_install_db shell> ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & @end example -This installs and starts @code{MySQL} without any passwords. +This creates the @code{mysql} database which will hold all database +privileges, the @code{test} database which you can use to test +@strong{MySQL} and also privilege entries for the user that run +@code{mysql_install_db} and a @code{root} user (without any passwords). +This also starts the @code{mysqld} server. + +@code{mysql_install_db} will not overwrite any old privilege tables, so +it should be safe to run in any circumstances. If you don't want to +have the @code{test} database you can remove it with @code{mysqladmin -u +root drop test}. Testing is most easily done from the top-level directory of the @strong{MySQL} distribution. For a binary distribution, this is your installation directory |