Table of Contents
- 5.1. The MySQL Server
- 5.1.1. Server Option and Variable Reference
- 5.1.2. Server Command Options
- 5.1.3. Server Options for Loading Plugins
- 5.1.4. Server System Variables
- 5.1.5. Using System Variables
- 5.1.6. Server Status Variables
- 5.1.7. Server SQL Modes
- 5.1.8. Server-Side Help
- 5.1.9. Server Response to Signals
- 5.1.10. The Shutdown Process
- 5.2. MySQL Server Logs
- 5.3. General Security Issues
- 5.4. The MySQL Access Privilege System
- 5.5. MySQL User Account Management
- 5.5.1. User Names and Passwords
- 5.5.2. Adding User Accounts
- 5.5.3. Removing User Accounts
- 5.5.4. Setting Account Resource Limits
- 5.5.5. Assigning Account Passwords
- 5.5.6. Pluggable Authentication
- 5.5.7. Proxy Users
- 5.5.8. Using SSL for Secure Connections
- 5.5.9. Connecting to MySQL Remotely from Windows with SSH
- 5.5.10. Auditing MySQL Account Activity
- 5.6. Running Multiple MySQL Servers on the Same Machine
- 5.7. Tracing mysqld Using DTrace
MySQL Server (mysqld) is the main program that does most of the work in a MySQL installation. This section provides an overview of MySQL Server and covers topics that deal with administering a MySQL installation:
Server configuration
The server log files
Security issues and user-account management
Management of multiple servers on a single machine