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.\"    Manual: MySQL Database System
.\"    Source: MySQL 5.1
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "\FBMYSQL_INSTALL_DB\" "1" "11/04/2009" "MySQL 5\&.1" "MySQL Database System"
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.\" mysql_install_db
.SH "NAME"
mysql_install_db \- initialize MySQL data directory
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysql_install_db\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\fR\ 'u
\fBmysql_install_db [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
initializes the MySQL data directory and creates the system tables that it contains, if they do not exist\&.
.PP
To invoke
\fBmysql_install_db\fR, use the following syntax:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_install_db [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Because the MySQL server,
\fBmysqld\fR, needs to access the data directory when it runs later, you should either run
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
from the same account that will be used for running
\fBmysqld\fR
or run it as
root
and use the
\fB\-\-user\fR
option to indicate the user name that
\fBmysqld\fR
will run as\&. It might be necessary to specify other options such as
\fB\-\-basedir\fR
or
\fB\-\-datadir\fR
if
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
does not use the correct locations for the installation directory or data directory\&. For example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBbin/mysql_install_db \-\-user=mysql \e\fR
         \fB\-\-basedir=/opt/mysql/mysql \e\fR
         \fB\-\-datadir=/opt/mysql/mysql/data\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
needs to invoke
\fBmysqld\fR
with the
\fB\-\-bootstrap\fR
and
\fB\-\-skip\-grant\-tables\fR
options (see
Section\ \&2.3.2, \(lqTypical configure Options\(rq)\&. If MySQL was configured with the
\fB\-\-disable\-grant\-options\fR
option,
\fB\-\-bootstrap\fR
and
\fB\-\-skip\-grant\-tables\fR
will be disabled\&. To handle this, set the
MYSQLD_BOOTSTRAP
environment variable to the full path name of a server that has all options enabled\&.
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
will use that server\&.
.PP
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
supports the options in the following list\&. It also reads option files and supports the options for processing them described at
Section\ \&4.2.3.3.1, \(lqCommand-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling\(rq\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: basedir option
.\" basedir option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-basedir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The path to the MySQL installation directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: force option
.\" force option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-force\fR
.sp
Cause
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
to run even if DNS does not work\&. In that case, grant table entries that normally use host names will use IP addresses\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: datadir option
.\" datadir option: mysql_install_db
.\" mysql_install_db: ldata option
.\" ldata option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-datadir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,
\fB\-\-ldata=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The path to the MySQL data directory\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: rpm option
.\" rpm option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-rpm\fR
.sp
For internal use\&. This option is used by RPM files during the MySQL installation process\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: skip-name-resolve option
.\" skip-name-resolve option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-skip\-name\-resolve\fR
.sp
Use IP addresses rather than host names when creating grant table entries\&. This option can be useful if your DNS does not work\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: srcdir option
.\" srcdir option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-srcdir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
For internal use\&. The directory under which
\fBmysql_install_db\fR
looks for support files such as the error message file and the file for populating the help tables\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.14\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: user option
.\" user option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR
.sp
The login user name to use for running
\fBmysqld\fR\&. Files and directories created by
\fBmysqld\fR
will be owned by this user\&. You must be
root
to use this option\&. By default,
\fBmysqld\fR
runs using your current login name and files and directories that it creates will be owned by you\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: verbose option
.\" verbose option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
.sp
Verbose mode\&. Print more information about what the program does\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysql_install_db: windows option
.\" windows option: mysql_install_db
\fB\-\-windows\fR
.sp
For internal use\&. This option is used for creating Windows distributions\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.PP
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.
.PP
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.
.PP
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/.
.sp
.SH "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/.
.SH AUTHOR
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).