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NAME
       mysql_install_db - initialize MySQL data directory

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.

       To invoke mysql_install_db, use the following syntax:

          shell> mysql_install_db [options]

       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 user name that mysqld will run as. It might be
       necessary to specify other options such as --basedir or --datadir if mysql_install_db does not use
       the correct locations for the installation directory or data directory. For example:

          shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql \
                   --basedir=/opt/mysql/mysql \
                   --datadir=/opt/mysql/mysql/data

       mysql_install_db needs to invoke mysqld with the --bootstrap and --skip-grant-tables options (see
       Section 2.16.2, "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 path name of a server that has all options
       enabled.  mysql_install_db will use that server.

       mysql_install_db supports the options in the following list. It also reads option files and supports
       the options for processing them described at Section 4.2.3.2.1, "Command-Line Options that Affect
       Option-File Handling".

         --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 host names 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 host names 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 user name 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 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

       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 02110-1301
       USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).



MySQL 5.0                                        05/07/2009              MYSQL_INSTALL_DB.ds an-section "1()