MYSQL_SETPERMISSI(1)                 MariaDB 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 MariaDB grant tables.
       mysql_setpermission is written in Perl and requires that the DBI and DBD::mysql Perl
       modules be installed.

       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 MariaDB server. The account used when you connect determines which
       permissions you have when attempting to modify existing permissions in the grant tables.

       mysql_setpermission 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:

       •   --help

           Display a help message and exit.

       •   --host=host_name

           Connect to the MariaDB 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 MariaDB programs.

           Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. You can use
           an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line.

       •   --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 MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2015 MariaDB
       Foundation

       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.

       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.

       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 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at
       https://mariadb.com/kb/

AUTHOR
       MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).

MariaDB 10.3                                9 May 2017                       MYSQL_SETPERMISSI(1)

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                 The permission setter for MariaDB.
                      version: 1.4

                 made by: Luuk de Boer <luuk@wxs.nl>
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The permission setter is a little program which can help you add users
or databases or change passwords in MariaDB. Keep in mind that we don't
check permissions which already been set in MariaDB. So if you can't
connect to MariaDB using the permission you just added, take a look at
the permissions which have already been set in MariaDB.

The permission setter first reads your .my.cnf file in your Home
directory if it exists.

Options for the permission setter:

--help          : print this help message and exit.

The options shown below are used for making the connection to the MariaDB
server. Keep in mind that the permissions for the user specified via
these options must be sufficient to add users / create databases / set
passwords.

--user          : is the username to connect with.
--password      : the password of the username.
--host          : the host to connect to.
--socket        : the socket to connect to.
--port          : the port number of the host to connect to.

If you don't give a password and no password is set in your .my.cnf
file, then the permission setter will ask for a password.