Specifying Permissions for Schema (Data) Directories and Tables

Default File Permissions

By default MariaDB uses the following permissions for files and directories:

Configuring File Permissions with Environment Variables

You can configure MariaDB to use different permissions for files and directories by setting the following before you start the server:

In other words, if you would run the following in a shell:

These environment variables do not set the umask. They set the default file system permissions. See for more information.

Configuring File Permissions With systemd

If your server is started by , then there is a specific way to configure the umask. See for more information.

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