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- 4.6 MySQL Administrative and Utility Programs
- 4.6.1 myisam_ftdump — Display Full-Text Index information
- 4.6.2 myisamchk — MyISAM Table-Maintenance Utility
- 4.6.3 myisamlog — Display MyISAM Log File Contents
- 4.6.4 myisampack — Generate Compressed, Read-Only MyISAM Tables
- 4.6.5 mysqlaccess — Client for Checking Access Privileges
- 4.6.6 mysqlbinlog — Utility for Processing Binary Log Files
- 4.6.7 mysqldumpslow — Summarize Slow Query Log Files
- 4.6.8 mysqlhotcopy — A Database Backup Program
- 4.6.9 mysqlmanagerc — Internal Test-Suite Program
- 4.6.10 mysqlmanager-pwgen — Internal Test-Suite Program
- 4.6.11 mysql_convert_table_format — Convert Tables to Use a Given Storage Engine
- 4.6.12 mysql_explain_log — Use EXPLAIN on Statements in Query Log
- 4.6.13 mysql_find_rows — Extract SQL Statements from Files
- 4.6.14 mysql_fix_extensions — Normalize Table File Name Extensions
- 4.6.15 mysql_setpermission — Interactively Set Permissions in Grant Tables
- 4.6.16 mysql_tableinfo — Generate Database Metadata
- 4.6.17 mysql_waitpid — Kill Process and Wait for Its Termination
- 4.6.18 mysql_zap — Kill Processes That Match a Pattern
mysql_setpermission is a Perl script that was
originally written and contributed by Luuk de Boer. It
interactively sets permissions in the MySQL grant tables.
mysql_setpermission is written in Perl and
requires that the DBI and
DBD::mysql Perl modules be installed (see
Section 2.14, “Perl Installation Notes”).
Invoke mysql_setpermission like this:
shell> mysql_setpermission [options]
options should be either
--help to display
the help message, or options that indicate how to connect to the
MySQL server. The account used when you connect determines which
permissions you have when attempting to modify existing
permissions in the grant tables.
mysql_setpermissions also reads options from
the [client] and [perl]
groups in the .my.cnf file in your home
directory, if the file exists.
mysql_setpermission supports the following options:
-
Display a help message and exit.
-
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
-
The password to use when connecting to the server. Note that the password value is not optional for this option, unlike for other MySQL programs.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See Section 5.4.2.2, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security”. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line.
-
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
-
For connections to
localhost, the Unix socket file to use. -
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
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