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MYSQL_SETPERMISSI(1)                        MySQL Database System                       MYSQL_SETPERMISSI(1)



NAME
       mysql_setpermission - interactively set permissions in grant tables

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_setpermission [options]

DESCRIPTION
       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 4.20, "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 understands the following options:

         --help

          Display a help message and exit.

         --host=host_name

          Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

         --password=password

          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. You can use an option file to avoid giving the
          password on the command line.

          Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See Section 6.6, "Keeping
          Your Password Secure".

         --port=port_num

          The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

         --socket=path

          For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use.

         --user=user_name

          The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB

       This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this documentation is subject to
       the following terms: You may create a printed copy of this documentation solely for your own personal
       use. Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is not altered or edited in
       any way. You shall not publish or distribute this documentation in any form or on any media, except
       if you distribute the documentation in a manner similar to how MySQL disseminates it (that is,
       electronically for download on a Web site with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium,
       provided however that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on the same
       medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of printed copies or use of this documentation, in
       whole or in part, in another publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
       representative of MySQL AB. MySQL AB reserves any and all rights to this documentation not expressly
       granted above.

       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.



MySQL 5.0                                        07/04/2007                             MYSQL_SETPERMISSI(1)