### 6.1.4 Security-Related mysqld Options and Variables

 The following table shows [**mysqld**](mysqld.html) options and system variables that affect security. For descriptions of each of these, see [Section 5.1.7, “Server Command Options”](server-options.html), and [Section 5.1.8, “Server System Variables”](server-system-variables.html).

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**Table 6.1 Security Option and Variable Summary**

|                                          Name                                          |Cmd-Line|Option File|System Var|Status Var|Var Scope|Dynamic|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|-------|
|    [allow-suspicious-udfs](server-options.html#option_mysqld_allow-suspicious-udfs)    |  Yes   |    Yes    |          |          |         |       |
|[automatic\_sp\_privileges](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_automatic_sp_privileges)|  Yes   |    Yes    |   Yes    |          | Global  |  Yes  |
|                   [chroot](server-options.html#option_mysqld_chroot)                   |  Yes   |    Yes    |          |          |         |       |
|           [local\_infile](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_local_infile)            |  Yes   |    Yes    |   Yes    |          | Global  |  Yes  |
|         [safe-user-create](server-options.html#option_mysqld_safe-user-create)         |  Yes   |    Yes    |          |          |         |       |
|       [secure\_file\_priv](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_secure_file_priv)       |  Yes   |    Yes    |   Yes    |          | Global  |  No   |
|        [skip-grant-tables](server-options.html#option_mysqld_skip-grant-tables)        |  Yes   |    Yes    |          |          |         |       |
|      [skip\_name\_resolve](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_skip_name_resolve)      |  Yes   |    Yes    |   Yes    |          | Global  |  No   |
|        [skip\_networking](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_skip_networking)         |  Yes   |    Yes    |   Yes    |          | Global  |  No   |
|      [skip\_show\_database](server-options.html#option_mysqld_skip-show-database)      |  Yes   |    Yes    |   Yes    |          | Global  |  No   |

