19 Feb 2008 mysql_secure_installation — Improve MySQL Installation Security
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
This program enables you to improve the security of your MySQL installation in the following ways:
- You can set a password for root accounts.
- You can remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the local host.
- You can remove anonymous-user accounts.
- You can remove the test database, which by default can be accessed by anonymous users.
Invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:
shell> mysql_secure_installation
The script will prompt you to determine which actions to perform.
Source: http://dev.mysql.com
