mysql_fix_privilege_tables - upgrade MySQL system tables
mysql_fix_privilege_tables --password=root_password
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NAME
mysql_fix_privilege_tables - upgrade MySQL system tables
SYNOPSIS
mysql_fix_privilege_tables --password=root_password
DESCRIPTION
Note
In MySQL 5.1.7, mysql_fix_privilege_tables was superseded by
mysql_upgrade, which should be used instead. See mysql_upgrade(1).
Some releases of MySQL introduce changes to the structure of the system
tables in the mysql database to add new privileges or support new
features. When you update to a new version of MySQL, you should update
your system tables as well to make sure that their structure is up to
date. Otherwise, there might be capabilities that you cannot take
advantage of.
mysql_fix_privilege_tables is an older script that previously was used
to uprade the system tables in the mysql database after a MySQL
upgrade.
Before running mysql_fix_privilege_tables, make a backup of your mysql
database.
On Unix or Unix-like systems, update the system tables by running the
mysql_fix_privilege_tables script:
shell> mysql_fix_privilege_tables
You must run this script while the server is running. It attempts to
connect to the server running on the local host as root. If your root
account requires a password, indicate the password on the command line
like this:
shell> mysql_fix_privilege_tables --password=root_password
The mysql_fix_privilege_tables script performs any actions necessary to
convert your system tables to the current format. You might see some
Duplicate column name warnings as it runs; you can ignore them.
After running the script, stop the server and restart it so that any
changes made to the system tables take effect.
On Windows systems, MySQL distributions include a
mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql SQL script that you can run using the
mysql client. For example, if your MySQL installation is located at
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1, the commands look like this:
C:\> cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1"
C:\> bin\mysql -u root -p mysql
mysql> SOURCE share/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql
Note
Prior to version 5.1.17, this script is found in the scripts
directory.
The mysql command will prompt you for the root password; enter it when
prompted.
If your installation is located in some other directory, adjust the
path names appropriately.
As with the Unix procedure, you might see some Duplicate column name
warnings as mysql processes the statements in the
mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql script; you can ignore them.
After running the script, stop the server and restart it.
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
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-------------------+
|Availability | database/mysql-51 |
+---------------+-------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+-------------------+
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/).
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-5.1/mysql-5.1.37.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://dev.mysql.com/.
MySQL 5.1 07/13/2009 MYSQL_FIX_PRIVILE(1)