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.\"     Title: mysql_config_editor
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.\"    Manual: MySQL Database System
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.TH "MYSQL_CONFIG_EDITOR" "1" "06/13/2025" "MySQL 8\&.0" "MySQL Database System"
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.SH "NAME"
mysql_config_editor \- configure authentication information for connecting to MySQL server
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysql_config_editor\ \fR\fB\fIoptions\ command\fR\fR\ 'u
\fBmysql_config_editor \fR\fB\fIoptions command\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
utility enables you to store authentication credentials in an obfuscated login path file named
\&.mylogin\&.cnf\&. The file location is the
%APPDATA%\eMySQL
directory on Windows and the current user\*(Aqs home directory on non\-Windows systems\&. The file can be read later by MySQL client programs to obtain authentication credentials for connecting to MySQL Server\&.
.PP
The unobfuscated format of the
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
login path file consists of option groups, similar to other option files\&. Each option group in
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
is called a
\(lqlogin path,\(rq
which is a group that permits only certain options:
\fBhost\fR,
\fBuser\fR,
\fBpassword\fR,
\fBport\fR
and
\fBsocket\fR\&. Think of a login path option group as a set of options that specify which MySQL server to connect to and which account to authenticate as\&. Here is an unobfuscated example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
[client]
user = mydefaultname
password = mydefaultpass
host = 127\&.0\&.0\&.1
[mypath]
user = myothername
password = myotherpass
host = localhost
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
When you invoke a client program to connect to the server, the client uses
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
in conjunction with other option files\&. Its precedence is higher than other option files, but less than options specified explicitly on the client command line\&. For information about the order in which option files are used, see
Section\ \&6.2.2.2, \(lqUsing Option Files\(rq\&.
.PP
To specify an alternate login path file name, set the
MYSQL_TEST_LOGIN_FILE
environment variable\&. This variable is recognized by
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR, by standard MySQL clients (\fBmysql\fR,
\fBmysqladmin\fR, and so forth), and by the
\fBmysql\-test\-run\&.pl\fR
testing utility\&.
.PP
Programs use groups in the login path file as follows:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
operates on the
client
login path by default if you specify no
\fB\-\-login\-path=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
option to indicate explicitly which login path to use\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Without a
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
option, client programs read the same option groups from the login path file that they read from other option files\&. Consider this command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
By default, the
\fBmysql\fR
client reads the
[client]
and
[mysql]
groups from other option files, so it reads them from the login path file as well\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
With a
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
option, client programs additionally read the named login path from the login path file\&. The option groups read from other option files remain the same\&. Consider this command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql \-\-login\-path=mypath
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The
\fBmysql\fR
client reads
[client]
and
[mysql]
from other option files, and
[client],
[mysql], and
[mypath]
from the login path file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Client programs read the login path file even when the
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
option is used, unless
\fB\-\-no\-login\-paths\fR
is set\&. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than on the command line even if
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
is present\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
obfuscates the
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
file so it cannot be read as cleartext, and its contents when unobfuscated by client programs are used only in memory\&. In this way, passwords can be stored in a file in non\-cleartext format and used later without ever needing to be exposed on the command line or in an environment variable\&.
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
provides a
print
command for displaying the login path file contents, but even in this case, password values are masked so as never to appear in a way that other users can see them\&.
.PP
The obfuscation used by
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
prevents passwords from appearing in
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
as cleartext and provides a measure of security by preventing inadvertent password exposure\&. For example, if you display a regular unobfuscated
my\&.cnf
option file on the screen, any passwords it contains are visible for anyone to see\&. With
\&.mylogin\&.cnf, that is not true, but the obfuscation used is not likely to deter a determined attacker and you should not consider it unbreakable\&. A user who can gain system administration privileges on your machine to access your files could unobfuscate the
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
file with some effort\&.
.PP
The login path file must be readable and writable to the current user, and inaccessible to other users\&. Otherwise,
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
ignores it, and client programs do not use it, either\&.
.PP
Invoke
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql_config_editor [\fIprogram_options\fR] \fIcommand\fR [\fIcommand_options\fR]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
If the login path file does not exist,
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
creates it\&.
.PP
Command arguments are given as follows:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fIprogram_options\fR
consists of general
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
options\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
command
indicates what action to perform on the
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
login path file\&. For example,
set
writes a login path to the file,
remove
removes a login path, and
print
displays login path contents\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fIcommand_options\fR
indicates any additional options specific to the command, such as the login path name and the values to use in the login path\&.
.RE
.PP
The position of the command name within the set of program arguments is significant\&. For example, these command lines have the same arguments, but produce different results:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql_config_editor \-\-help set
mysql_config_editor set \-\-help
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The first command line displays a general
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
help message, and ignores the
set
command\&. The second command line displays a help message specific to the
set
command\&.
.PP
Suppose that you want to establish a
client
login path that defines your default connection parameters, and an additional login path named
remote
for connecting to the MySQL server the host
remote\&.example\&.com\&. You want to log in as follows:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
By default, to the local server with a user name and password of
localuser
and
localpass
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
To the remote server with a user name and password of
remoteuser
and
remotepass
.RE
.PP
To set up the login paths in the
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
file, use the following
set
commands\&. Enter each command on a single line, and enter the appropriate passwords when prompted:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$> \fBmysql_config_editor set \-\-login\-path=client
         \-\-host=localhost \-\-user=localuser \-\-password\fR
Enter password: \fIenter password "localpass" here\fR
$> \fBmysql_config_editor set \-\-login\-path=remote
         \-\-host=remote\&.example\&.com \-\-user=remoteuser \-\-password\fR
Enter password: \fIenter password "remotepass" here\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
uses the
client
login path by default, so the
\fB\-\-login\-path=client\fR
option can be omitted from the first command without changing its effect\&.
.PP
To see what
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
writes to the
\&.mylogin\&.cnf
file, use the
print
command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$> \fBmysql_config_editor print \-\-all\fR
[client]
user = localuser
password = *****
host = localhost
[remote]
user = remoteuser
password = *****
host = remote\&.example\&.com
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The
print
command displays each login path as a set of lines beginning with a group header indicating the login path name in square brackets, followed by the option values for the login path\&. Password values are masked and do not appear as cleartext\&.
.PP
If you do not specify
\fB\-\-all\fR
to display all login paths or
\fB\-\-login\-path=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
to display a named login path, the
print
command displays the
client
login path by default, if there is one\&.
.PP
As shown by the preceding example, the login path file can contain multiple login paths\&. In this way,
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
makes it easy to set up multiple
\(lqpersonalities\(rq
for connecting to different MySQL servers, or for connecting to a given server using different accounts\&. Any of these can be selected by name later using the
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
option when you invoke a client program\&. For example, to connect to the remote server, use this command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql \-\-login\-path=remote
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Here,
\fBmysql\fR
reads the
[client]
and
[mysql]
option groups from other option files, and the
[client],
[mysql], and
[remote]
groups from the login path file\&.
.PP
To connect to the local server, use this command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql \-\-login\-path=client
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Because
\fBmysql\fR
reads the
client
and
mysql
login paths by default, the
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
option does not add anything in this case\&. That command is equivalent to this one:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Options read from the login path file take precedence over options read from other option files\&. Options read from login path groups appearing later in the login path file take precedence over options read from groups appearing earlier in the file\&.
.PP
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
adds login paths to the login path file in the order you create them, so you should create more general login paths first and more specific paths later\&. If you need to move a login path within the file, you can remove it, then recreate it to add it to the end\&. For example, a
client
login path is more general because it is read by all client programs, whereas a
mysqldump
login path is read only by
\fBmysqldump\fR\&. Options specified later override options specified earlier, so putting the login paths in the order
client,
mysqldump
enables
\fBmysqldump\fR\-specific options to override
client
options\&.
.PP
When you use the
set
command with
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
to create a login path, you need not specify all possible option values (host name, user name, password, port, socket)\&. Only those values given are written to the path\&. Any missing values required later can be specified when you invoke a client path to connect to the MySQL server, either in other option files or on the command line\&. Any options specified on the command line override those specified in the login path file or other option files\&. For example, if the credentials in the
remote
login path also apply for the host
remote2\&.example\&.com, connect to the server on that host like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql \-\-login\-path=remote \-\-host=remote2\&.example\&.com
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
mysql_config_editor General Options
.PP
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
supports the following general options, which may be used preceding any command named on the command line\&. For descriptions of command\-specific options, see
mysql_config_editor Commands and Command-Specific Options\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--help
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display a general help message and exit\&.
.sp
To see a command\-specific help message, invoke
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
as follows, where
\fIcommand\fR
is a command other than
help:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql_config_editor \fIcommand\fR \-\-help
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-debug[=\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
\fB\-# \fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--debug[=debug_options]
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
d:t:o
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Write a debugging log\&. A typical
\fIdebug_options\fR
string is
d:t:o,\fIfile_name\fR\&. The default is
d:t:o,/tmp/mysql_config_editor\&.trace\&.
.sp
This option is available only if MySQL was built using
\fBWITH_DEBUG\fR\&. MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are
\fInot\fR
built using this option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-verbose\fR,
\fB\-v\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--verbose
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Verbose mode\&. Print more information about what the program does\&. This option may be helpful in diagnosing problems if an operation does not have the effect you expect\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-version\fR,
\fB\-V\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--version
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display version information and exit\&.
.RE
mysql_config_editor Commands and Command\-Specific Options
.PP
This section describes the permitted
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
commands, and, for each one, the command\-specific options permitted following the command name on the command line\&.
.PP
In addition,
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
supports general options that can be used preceding any command\&. For descriptions of these options, see
mysql_config_editor General Options\&.
.PP
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
supports these commands:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
help
.sp
Display a general help message and exit\&. This command takes no following options\&.
.sp
To see a command\-specific help message, invoke
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
as follows, where
\fIcommand\fR
is a command other than
help:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql_config_editor \fIcommand\fR \-\-help
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
print [\fIoptions\fR]
.sp
Print the contents of the login path file in unobfuscated form, with the exception that passwords are displayed as
*****\&.
.sp
The default login path name is
client
if no login path is named\&. If both
\fB\-\-all\fR
and
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
are given,
\fB\-\-all\fR
takes precedence\&.
.sp
The
print
command permits these options following the command name:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message for the
print
command and exit\&.
.sp
To see a general help message, use
\fBmysql_config_editor \-\-help\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-all\fR
.sp
Print the contents of all login paths in the login path file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-login\-path=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR,
\fB\-G \fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
.sp
Print the contents of the named login path\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
remove [\fIoptions\fR]
.sp
Remove a login path from the login path file, or modify a login path by removing options from it\&.
.sp
This command removes from the login path only such options as are specified with the
\fB\-\-host\fR,
\fB\-\-password\fR,
\fB\-\-port\fR,
\fB\-\-socket\fR, and
\fB\-\-user\fR
options\&. If none of those options are given,
remove
removes the entire login path\&. For example, this command removes only the
\fBuser\fR
option from the
mypath
login path rather than the entire
mypath
login path:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql_config_editor remove \-\-login\-path=mypath \-\-user
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
This command removes the entire
mypath
login path:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql_config_editor remove \-\-login\-path=mypath
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The
remove
command permits these options following the command name:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message for the
remove
command and exit\&.
.sp
To see a general help message, use
\fBmysql_config_editor \-\-help\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-host\fR,
\fB\-h\fR
.sp
Remove the host name from the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-login\-path=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR,
\fB\-G \fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
.sp
The login path to remove or modify\&. The default login path name is
client
if this option is not given\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-password\fR,
\fB\-p\fR
.sp
Remove the password from the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-port\fR,
\fB\-P\fR
.sp
Remove the TCP/IP port number from the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-socket\fR,
\fB\-S\fR
.sp
Remove the Unix socket file name from the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-user\fR,
\fB\-u\fR
.sp
Remove the user name from the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-warn\fR,
\fB\-w\fR
.sp
Warn and prompt the user for confirmation if the command attempts to remove the default login path (client) and
\fB\-\-login\-path=client\fR
was not specified\&. This option is enabled by default; use
\fB\-\-skip\-warn\fR
to disable it\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
reset [\fIoptions\fR]
.sp
Empty the contents of the login path file\&.
.sp
The
reset
command permits these options following the command name:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message for the
reset
command and exit\&.
.sp
To see a general help message, use
\fBmysql_config_editor \-\-help\fR\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
set [\fIoptions\fR]
.sp
Write a login path to the login path file\&.
.sp
This command writes to the login path only such options as are specified with the
\fB\-\-host\fR,
\fB\-\-password\fR,
\fB\-\-port\fR,
\fB\-\-socket\fR, and
\fB\-\-user\fR
options\&. If none of those options are given,
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
writes the login path as an empty group\&.
.sp
The
set
command permits these options following the command name:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message for the
set
command and exit\&.
.sp
To see a general help message, use
\fBmysql_config_editor \-\-help\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR
.sp
The host name to write to the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-login\-path=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR,
\fB\-G \fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
.sp
The login path to create\&. The default login path name is
client
if this option is not given\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-password\fR,
\fB\-p\fR
.sp
Prompt for a password to write to the login path\&. After
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
displays the prompt, type the password and press Enter\&. To prevent other users from seeing the password,
\fBmysql_config_editor\fR
does not echo it\&.
.sp
To specify an empty password, press Enter at the password prompt\&. The resulting login path written to the login path file includes a line like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
password =
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR,
\fB\-P \fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
.sp
The TCP/IP port number to write to the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-S \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
The Unix socket file name to write to the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-u \fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR
.sp
The user name to write to the login path\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-warn\fR,
\fB\-w\fR
.sp
Warn and prompt the user for confirmation if the command attempts to overwrite an existing login path\&. This option is enabled by default; use
\fB\-\-skip\-warn\fR
to disable it\&.
.RE
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.sp
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).