Bug #53784 mysql_secure_installation options not documented

• Submitted: 19 May 2010 8:05
• Modified: 24 Jan 2014 16:24
• Reporter: Daniël van Eeden
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.1, 5.4.4
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: Paul DuBois
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: Contribution, documentation, patch

[19 May 2010 8:05] Daniël van Eeden

Description:
mysql_secure_installation does have options as show in bug #46842, but these are not well documented.

1. The manpage in section 1 for mysql_secure_installation does not say anything about options. In fact it says mysql_secure_installation should be called without arguments.

2. The manual also does not say anything about options.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-secure-installation.html

2. There is no --help option for mysql_secure_installation. Bug #53783 contains a fix.

How to repeat:
Read the documentation

Suggested fix:
This is a fix for the manpage

--- mysql_secure_installation.1.orig	2010-05-19 09:55:26.549109000 +0200
+++ mysql_secure_installation.1	2010-05-19 09:57:05.498142000 +0200
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 .PP
 Invoke
 \fBmysql_secure_installation\fR
-without arguments:
+without arguments or optionally with the --socket option:
 .sp
 .if n \{\
 .RS 4

[19 May 2010 8:20] Valeriy Kravchuk

I'd call this a documentation request.

[25 May 2010 15:08] Paul DuBois

This bug report is premature because Bug#53783 has not been fixed an mysql_secure_installation does not yet have the --socket option. Will revisit this bug when Bug#53783 is fixed.