SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'skip_networking'; Variable_name Value skip_networking ON SET PASSWORD = 'foo'; ERROR HY000: The MySQL server is running with the --skip-grant-tables option so it cannot execute this statement # Attempting to connect using network. Must fail. # Verify that we can operate the system CREATE DATABASE db1; use db1; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 INT); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3); SELECT * FROM t1; c1 1 2 3 UPDATE t1 SET c1=0; DROP TABLE t1; use mysql; DROP DATABASE db1;