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'\" t
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.TH "\FBMYSQL_SECURE_INST" "1" "22/3/2016" "MariaDB 10\&.2" "MariaDB Database System"
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.\" mysql_secure_installation
.SH "NAME"
mysql_secure_installation \- improve MariaDB installation security
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR\ 'u
\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This program enables you to improve the security of your MariaDB installation in the following ways:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can set a password for
root
accounts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can remove
root
accounts that are accessible from outside the local host\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can remove anonymous\-user accounts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
You can remove the
test
database, which by default can be accessed by anonymous users\&.
.RE
.PP
Invoke
\fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
without arguments:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2015 MariaDB Foundation
.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 MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
.SH AUTHOR
MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).