Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 1481

Replication and Binary Logging Options and Variables
The account password of the slave to be reported to the master during slave registration. This value
appears in the output of
[1461] option is given.
info
Although the name of this option might imply otherwise,
the MySQL user privilege system and so is not necessarily (or even likely to be) the same as the
password for the MySQL replication user account.
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--report-port=slave_port_num
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The TCP/IP port number for connecting to the slave, to be reported to the master during slave
registration. Set this only if the slave is listening on a nondefault port or if you have a special tunnel
from the master or other clients to the slave. If you are not sure, do not use this option.
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--report-user=user_name
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The account user name of the slave to be reported to the master during slave registration. This value
appears in the output of
[1461] option is given.
info
Although the name of this option might imply otherwise,
MySQL user privilege system and so is not necessarily (or even likely to be) the same as the name
of the MySQL replication user account.
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--show-slave-auth-info
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Type
string
on the master server if the
SHOW SLAVE HOSTS
[1461]
--report-port=#
report-port
Yes,
report_port
report-port
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
numeric
Default
3306
Range
0 .. 65535
[1461]
--report-user=name
report-user
Yes,
report_user
report-user
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
string
on the master server if the
SHOW SLAVE HOSTS
[1461]
--show-slave-auth-info
show-slave-auth-info
Permitted Values
1461
--show-slave-auth-
--report-password
--show-slave-auth-
is not connected to the
--report-user
is not connected to