mysql_secure_installation
This program enables you to improve the security of your MySQL installation in the following ways:
You can set a password for
root
accounts.You can remove
root
accounts that are accessible from outside the local host.You can remove anonymous-user accounts.
You can remove the
test
database (which by default can be accessed by all users, even anonymous users), and privileges that permit anyone to access databases with names that start withtest_
.
Invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:
shell> mysql_secure_installation