Add an "arbitrary user" section to MySQL

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Tianon Gravi 2018-08-27 15:56:29 -07:00
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If you start your `%%IMAGE%%` container instance with a data directory that already contains a database (specifically, a `mysql` subdirectory), the `$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD` variable should be omitted from the run command line; it will in any case be ignored, and the pre-existing database will not be changed in any way.
## Running as an arbitrary user
If you know the permissions of your directory are already set appropriately (such as running against an existing database, as described above) or you have need of running `mysqld` with a specific UID/GID, it is possible to invoke this image with `--user` set to any value (other than `root`/`0`) in order to achieve the desired access/configuration:
```console
$ mkdir data
$ ls -lnd data
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 4096 Aug 27 15:54 data
$ docker run -v "$PWD/data":/var/lib/mysql --user 1000:1000 --name some-%%REPO%% -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -d %%IMAGE%%:tag
```
## Creating database dumps
Most of the normal tools will work, although their usage might be a little convoluted in some cases to ensure they have access to the `mysqld` server. A simple way to ensure this is to use `docker exec` and run the tool from the same container, similar to the following: