Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 422

The MySQL server listens on a single network socket for TCP/IP connections. This socket
is bound to a single address, but it is possible for an address to map onto multiple network
interfaces. The default address is 0.0.0.0. To specify an address explicitly, use the
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address=addr
is a host name, the server resolves the name to an IPv4 address and binds to that address.
addr
The server treats different types of addresses as follows:
• If the address is 0.0.0.0, the server accepts TCP/IP connections on all server host IPv4
interfaces.
• If the address is a "regular" IPv4 address (such as 127.0.0.1), the server accepts TCP/IP
connections only for that particular IPv4 address.
If you intend to bind the server to a specific address, be sure that the
contains an account with administrative privileges that you can use connect to that address.
Otherwise, you will not be able to shut down the server. For example, if you bind to 0.0.0.0,
you can connect to the server using all existing accounts. But if you bind to 127.0.0.1,
the server accepts connections only on that address. In this case, first make sure that the
'root'@'127.0.0.1'
the server to shut it down.
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--bootstrap
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
This option is used by the
having to start a full MySQL server.
This option is unavailable if MySQL was configured with the
option. See Section 2.17.3, "MySQL Source-Configuration
•
--character-sets-dir=path
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The directory where character sets are installed. See
•
--character-set-client-handshake
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Server Command Options
option at server startup, where
account is present in the
--bootstrap
bootstrap
mysql_install_db
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--character-sets-dir=path
character-sets-dir=path
Yes,
character_sets_dir
character-sets-dir
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
directory name
--character-set-client-handshake
character-set-client-handshake
Permitted Values
Type
boolean
Default
TRUE
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is an IPv4 address or a host name. If
addr
table so that you can still connect to
mysql.user
script to create the MySQL privilege tables without
--disable-grant-options
Options".
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Section 10.5, "Character Set
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--bind-
grant table
mysql.user
Configuration".
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