Server Command Options The port number to use when listening for TCP/IP connections. On Unix and Unix-like systems, the port number must be 1024 or higher unless the server is started by the  root  operating system user. Setting this option to 0 causes the default value to be used. On some systems, when the server is stopped, the TCP/IP port might not become available immediately. If the server is restarted quickly afterward, its attempt to reopen the port can fail. This option indicates how many seconds the server should wait for the TCP/IP port to become free if it cannot be opened. The default is not to wait. • --port-open-timeout= num • --print-defaults Command-Line Format --port-open-timeout=# Type Integer Default Value 0 Print the program name and all options that it gets from option files. Password values are masked. This must be the first option on the command line if it is used, except that it may be used immediately after  -- defaults-file  or  --defaults-extra-file . For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling” . • --remove [ service_name ] Maximum Value 65535 Command-Line Format --remove [service_name] Platform Specific Windows (Windows only) Remove a MySQL Windows service. The default service name is  MySQL  if no service_name  value is given. For more information, see Section 2.3.4.8, “Starting MySQL as a Windows Service” . If this option is enabled, a user cannot create new MySQL users by using the  GRANT  statement unless the user has the  INSERT  privilege for the  mysql.user  system table or any column in the table. If you want a user to have the ability to create new users that have those privileges that the user has the right to grant, you should grant the user the following privilege: GRANT INSERT(user) ON mysql.user TO ’ user_name ’@’ host_name ’; • --safe-user-create This ensures that the user cannot change any privilege columns directly, but has to use the  GRANT statement to give privileges to other users. • --skip-grant-tables Command-Line Format --safe-user-create[={OFF|ON}] Type Boolean Default Value OFF Command-Line Format --skip-grant-tables[={OFF|ON}] 750