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NAME
       mysql_install_db - MySQL data directory initialization script

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_install_db [options]

DESCRIPTION
       mysql_install_db initializes the MySQL data directory and creates the system tables that it contains,
       if they do not exist. Because the MySQL server, mysqld, needs to access the data directory when it
       runs later, you should either run mysql_install_db from the same account that will be used for
       running mysqld or run it as root and use the --user option to indicate the username that mysqld will
       run as.

       To invoke mysql_install_db, use the following syntax:

          shell> mysql_install_db [options]

       mysql_install_db needs to invoke mysqld with the --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables options (see
       Section 4.14.2, "Typical configure Options"). If MySQL was configured with the
       --disable-grant-options option, --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables will be disabled. To handle this,
       set the MYSQLD_BOOTSTRAP environment variable to the full pathname of a server that has all options
       enabled.  mysql_install_db will use that server.

       mysql_install_db supports the following options:

         --basedir=path

          The path to the MySQL installation directory.

         --force

          Causes mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not work. In that case, grant table entries that
          normally use hostnames will use IP addresses.

         --datadir=path, --ldata=path

          The path to the MySQL data directory.

         --rpm

          For internal use. This option is used by RPM files during the MySQL installation process.

         --skip-name-resolve

          Use IP addresses rather than hostnames when creating grant table entries. This option can be
          useful if your DNS does not work.

         --srcdir=path

          For internal use. The directory under which mysql_install_db looks for support files such as the
          error message file and the file for populating the help tables. This option was added in MySQL
          5.0.32.

         --user=user_name

          The login username to use for running mysqld. Files and directories created by mysqld will be
          owned by this user. You must be root to use this option. By default, mysqld runs using your
          current login name and files and directories that it creates will be owned by you.

         --verbose

          Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

         --windows

          For internal use. This option is used for creating Windows distributions.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB

       This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this documentation is subject to
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       whole or in part, in another publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
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       Please email <docs@mysql.com> for more information.

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/

AUTHOR
       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/)  This software comes with no warranty.



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