mysqlaccess
(1)
Name
mysqlaccess - client for checking access privileges
Synopsis
mysqlaccess [host_name [user_name [db_name]]] [options]
Description
MySQL Database System MYSQLACCESS(1)
NAME
mysqlaccess - client for checking access privileges
SYNOPSIS
mysqlaccess [host_name [user_name [db_name]]] [options]
DESCRIPTION
mysqlaccess is a diagnostic tool that Yves Carlier has
provided for the MySQL distribution. It checks the access
privileges for a host name, user name, and database
combination. Note that mysqlaccess checks access using only
the user, db, and host tables. It does not check table,
column, or routine privileges specified in the tables_priv,
columns_priv, or procs_priv tables.
Invoke mysqlaccess like this:
shell> mysqlaccess [host_name [user_name [db_name]]] [options]
mysqlaccess supports the following options.
o --help, -?
Display a help message and exit.
o --brief, -b
Generate reports in single-line tabular format.
o --commit
Copy the new access privileges from the temporary tables
to the original grant tables. The grant tables must be
flushed for the new privileges to take effect. (For
example, execute a mysqladmin reload command.)
o --copy
Reload the temporary grant tables from original ones.
o --db=db_name, -d db_name
Specify the database name.
o --debug=N
Specify the debug level. N can be an integer from 0 to
3.
o --host=host_name, -h host_name
The host name to use in the access privileges.
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o --howto
Display some examples that show how to use mysqlaccess.
o --old_server
Assume that the server is an old MySQL server (before
MySQL 3.21) that does not yet know how to handle full
WHERE clauses.
o --password[=password], -p[password]
The password to use when connecting to the server. If
you omit the password value following the --password or
-p option on the command line, mysqlaccess prompts for
one.
Specifying a password on the command line should be
considered insecure. See Section 6.1.2.1, "End-User
Guidelines for Password Security".
o --plan
Display suggestions and ideas for future releases.
o --preview
Show the privilege differences after making changes to
the temporary grant tables.
o --relnotes
Display the release notes.
o --rhost=host_name, -H host_name
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
o --rollback
Undo the most recent changes to the temporary grant
tables.
o --spassword[=password], -P[password]
The password to use when connecting to the server as the
superuser. If you omit the password value following the
--spassword or -p option on the command line,
mysqlaccess prompts for one.
Specifying a password on the command line should be
considered insecure. See Section 6.1.2.1, "End-User
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Guidelines for Password Security".
o --superuser=user_name, -U user_name
Specify the user name for connecting as the superuser.
o --table, -t
Generate reports in table format.
o --user=user_name, -u user_name
The user name to use in the access privileges.
o --version, -v
Display version information and exit.
If your MySQL distribution is installed in some nonstandard
location, you must change the location where mysqlaccess
expects to find the mysql client. Edit the mysqlaccess
script at approximately line 18. Search for a line that
looks like this:
$MYSQL = '/usr/local/bin/mysql'; # path to mysql executable
Change the path to reflect the location where mysql actually
is stored on your system. If you do not do this, a Broken
pipe error will occur when you run mysqlaccess.
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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | database/mysql-55/client |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
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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
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NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.5/mysql-5.5.31.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://dev.mysql.com/.
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