25.5.24 ndb_secretsfile_reader — Obtain Key Information from an Encrypted NDB Data File

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25.5.24 ndb_secretsfile_reader — Obtain Key Information from an Encrypted NDB Data File

ndb_secretsfile_reader gets the encryption key from an NDB encryption secrets file, given the password.

Usage

ndb_secretsfile_reader options file

The options must include one of --filesystem-password or --filesystem-password-from-stdin, and the encryption password must be supplied, as shown here:

> ndb_secretsfile_reader --filesystem-password=54kl14 ndb_5_fs/D1/NDBCNTR/S0.sysfile
ndb_secretsfile_reader: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
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These and other options that can be used with ndb_secretsfile_reader are shown in the following table. Additional descriptions follow the table.
Command-Line Format --defaults-extra-file=path
Type String
Default Value [none]

Read given file after global files are read. - --defaults-file
Command-Line Format --defaults-file=path
Type String
Default Value [none]

Read default options from given file only. - --defaults-group-suffix
Command-Line Format --defaults-group-suffix=string
Type String
Default Value [none]

Also read groups with concat(group, suffix). - --filesystem-password
Command-Line Format --filesystem-password=password

Pass the filesystem encryption and decryption password to ndb_secretsfile_reader using stdin, tty, or the my.cnf file. - --filesystem-password-from-stdin
Command-Line Format --filesystem-password-from-stdin={TRUE|FALSE}

Pass the filesystem encryption and decryption password to ndb_secretsfile_reader from stdin (only). - --help
Command-Line Format --help

Display help text and exit. - --login-path
Command-Line Format --login-path=path
Type String
Default Value [none]

Read given path from login file. - --no-login-paths
Command-Line Format --no-login-paths

Skips reading options from the login path file. - --no-defaults
Command-Line Format --no-defaults

Do not read default options from any option file other than login file. - --print-defaults
Command-Line Format --print-defaults

Print program argument list and exit. - --usage
Command-Line Format --usage

Display help text and exit; same as --help. - --version
Command-Line Format --version

Display version information and exit.