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MYSQLADMIN(1)              MariaDB Database System             MYSQLADMIN(1)

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       mysqladmin - client for administering a MariaB server

SYNOPSIS         top

       mysqladmin [options] command [command-arg] [command [command-arg]]
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       mysqladmin is a client for performing administrative operations. You
       can use it to check the server´s configuration and current status, to
       create and drop databases, and more.
       Invoke mysqladmin like this:
           shell> mysqladmin [options] command [command-arg] [command [command-arg]] ...
       mysqladmin supports the following commands. Some of the commands take
       an argument following the command name.
       ·   create db_name
           Create a new database named db_name.
       ·   debug
           Tell the server to write debug information to the error log.
           This also includes information about the Event Scheduler.
       ·   drop db_name
           Delete the database named db_name and all its tables.
       ·   extended-status
           Display the server status variables and their values.
       ·   flush-hosts
           Flush all information in the host cache.
       ·   flush-logs
           Flush all logs.
       ·   flush-privileges
           Reload the grant tables (same as reload).
       ·   flush-status
           Clear status variables.
       ·   flush-tables
           Flush all tables.
       ·   flush-threads
           Flush the thread cache.
       ·   kill id,id,...
           Kill server threads. If multiple thread ID values are given,
           there must be no spaces in the list.
       ·   old-password new-password
           This is like the password command but stores the password using
           the old (pre MySQL 4.1) password-hashing format.
       ·   password new-password
           Set a new password. This changes the password to new-password for
           the account that you use with mysqladmin for connecting to the
           server. Thus, the next time you invoke mysqladmin (or any other
           client program) using the same account, you will need to specify
           the new password.
           If the new-password value contains spaces or other characters
           that are special to your command interpreter, you need to enclose
           it within quotes. On Windows, be sure to use double quotes rather
           than single quotes; single quotes are not stripped from the
           password, but rather are interpreted as part of the password. For
           example:
               shell> mysqladmin password "my new password"
               Caution
               Do not use this command used if the server was started with
               the --skip-grant-tables option. No password change will be
               applied. This is true even if you precede the password
               command with flush-privileges on the same command line to
               re-enable the grant tables because the flush operation occurs
               after you connect. However, you can use mysqladmin
               flush-privileges to re-enable the grant table and then use a
               separate mysqladmin password command to change the password.
       ·   ping
           Check whether the server is alive. The return status from
           mysqladmin is 0 if the server is running, 1 if it is not. This is
           0 even in case of an error such as Access denied, because this
           means that the server is running but refused the connection,
           which is different from the server not running.
       ·   processlist
           Show a list of active server threads. This is like the output of
           the SHOW PROCESSLIST statement. If the --verbose option is given,
           the output is like that of SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST.
       ·   reload
           Reload the grant tables.
       ·   refresh
           Flush all tables and close and open log files.
       ·   shutdown
           Stop the server.
       ·   start-slave
           Start replication on a slave server.
       ·   status
           Display a short server status message.
       ·   stop-slave
           Stop replication on a slave server.
       ·   variables
           Display the server system variables and their values.
       ·   version
           Display version information from the server.
       All commands can be shortened to any unique prefix. For example:
           shell> mysqladmin proc stat
           +----+-------+-----------+----+---------+------+-------+------------------+
           | Id | User  | Host      | db | Command | Time | State | Info             |
           +----+-------+-----------+----+---------+------+-------+------------------+
           | 51 | monty | localhost |    | Query   | 0    |       | show processlist |
           +----+-------+-----------+----+---------+------+-------+------------------+
           Uptime: 1473624  Threads: 1  Questions: 39487
           Slow queries: 0  Opens: 541  Flush tables: 1
           Open tables: 19  Queries per second avg: 0.0268
       The mysqladmin status command result displays the following values:
       ·   Uptime
           The number of seconds the MariaDB server has been running.
       ·   Threads
           The number of active threads (clients).
       ·   Questions
           The number of questions (queries) from clients since the server
           was started.
       ·   Slow queries
           The number of queries that have taken more than long_query_time
           seconds.
       ·   Opens
           The number of tables the server has opened.
       ·   Flush tables
           The number of flush-*, refresh, and reload commands the server
           has executed.
       ·   Open tables
           The number of tables that currently are open.
       ·   Memory in use
           The amount of memory allocated directly by mysqld. This value is
           displayed only when MariaDB has been compiled with
           --with-debug=full.
       ·   Maximum memory used
           The maximum amount of memory allocated directly by mysqld. This
           value is displayed only when MariaDB has been compiled with
           --with-debug=full.
       If you execute mysqladmin shutdown when connecting to a local server
       using a Unix socket file, mysqladmin waits until the server´s process
       ID file has been removed, to ensure that the server has stopped
       properly.
       mysqladmin supports the following options, which can be specified on
       the command line or in the [mysqladmin] and [client] option file
       groups.
       ·   --help, -?
           Display help and exit.
       ·   --character-sets-dir=path
           The directory where character sets are installed.
       ·   --compress, -C
           Compress all information sent between the client and the server
           if both support compression.
       ·   --connect-timeout=timeout
           Equivalent to --connect_timeout, see the end of this section.
       ·   --count=N, -c N
           The number of iterations to make for repeated command execution
           if the --sleep option is given.
       ·   --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
           Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is
           ´d:t:o,file_name´. The default is ´d:t:o,/tmp/mysqladmin.trace´.
       ·   --debug-check
           Check memory and open file usage at exit..
       ·   --debug-info
           Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics
           when the program exits.
       ·   --default-auth
           Default authentication client-side plugin to use.
       ·   --default-character-set=charset_name
           Use charset_name as the default character set.
       ·   --defaults-extra-file=filename
           Set filename as the file to read default options from after the
           global defaults files has been read.  Must be given as first
           option.
       ·   --defaults-file=filename
           Set filename as the file to read default options from, override
           global defaults files. Must be given as first option.
       ·   --force, -f
           Do not ask for confirmation for the drop db_name command. With
           multiple commands, continue even if an error occurs.
       ·   --host=host_name, -h host_name
           Connect to the MariaDB server on the given host.
       ·   --local, -l
           Suppress the SQL command(s) from being written to the binary log
           by enabling sql_log_bin=0 for the session.
       ·   --no-beep, -b
           Suppress the warning beep that is emitted by default for errors
           such as a failure to connect to the server.
       ·   --no-defaults
           Do not read default options from any option file. This must be
           given as the first argument.
       ·   --password[=password], -p[password]
           The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the
           short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the
           option and the password. If you omit the password value following
           the --password or -p option on the command line, mysqladmin
           prompts for one.
           Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
           insecure.
       ·   --pipe, -W
           On Windows, connect to the server via a named pipe. This option
           applies only if the server supports named-pipe connections.
       ·   --port=port_num, -P port_num
           The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection or 0 for default
           to, in order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT,
           /etc/services, built-in default (3306).
       ·   --print-defaults
           Print the program argument list and exit. This must be given as
           the first argument.
       ·   --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
           The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It
           is useful when the other connection parameters normally would
           cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want.
       ·   --relative, -r
           Show the difference between the current and previous values when
           used with the --sleep option. Currently, this option works only
           with the extended-status command.
       ·   --shutdown-timeouttimeout
           Equivalent of --shutdown_timeout, see the end of this section.
       ·   --silent, -s
           Exit silently if a connection to the server cannot be
           established.
       ·   --sleep=delay, -i delay
           Execute commands repeatedly, sleeping for delay seconds in
           between. The --count option determines the number of iterations.
           If --count is not given, mysqladmin executes commands
           indefinitely until interrupted.
       ·   --socket=path, -S path
           For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
           Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.
       ·   --ssl
           Enable SSL for connection (automatically enabled with other
           flags). Disable with --skip-ssl.
       ·   --ssl-ca=name
           CA file in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-capath=name
           CA directory (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-cert=name
           X509 cert in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-cipher=name
           SSL cipher to use (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-key=name
           X509 key in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-crl=name
           Certificate revocation list (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-crlpath=name
           Certificate revocation list path (check OpenSSL docs, implies
           --ssl).
       ·   --ssl-verify-server-cert
           Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert against hostname used
           when connecting. This option is disabled by default.
       ·   --user=user_name, -u user_name
           The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server.
       ·   --verbose, -v
           Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
       ·   --version, -V
           Display version information and exit.
       ·   --vertical, -E
           Print output vertically. This is similar to --relative, but
           prints output vertically.
       ·   --wait[=count], -w[count]
           If the connection cannot be established, wait and retry instead
           of aborting. If a count value is given, it indicates the number
           of times to retry. The default is one time.
       You can also set the following variables by using --var_name=value
       ·   connect_timeout
           The maximum number of seconds before connection timeout. The
           default value is 43200 (12 hours).
       ·   shutdown_timeout
           The maximum number of seconds to wait for server shutdown. The
           default value is 3600 (1 hour).

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       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
       2010-2015 MariaDB Foundation
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SEE ALSO         top

       For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
       available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/

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       MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).

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