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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 2.21, "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:

         --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 5.5.6.2,
          "End-User Guidelines for Password Security".

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

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_SETPERMISSI(1)