MySQL: Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE

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Krt_Malta picture Krt_Malta · May 26, 2012 · Viewed 241.3k times · Source

I'm running Mysql 5.5 on Ubuntu 12 LTS. How should I enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE in my.cnf?

I've tried adding local-infile in my config at various places but I'm still getting the "The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version"

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dAm2K picture dAm2K · May 26, 2012

From the MySQL 5.5 manual page:

LOCAL works only if your server and your client both have been configured to permit it. For example, if mysqld was started with --local-infile=0, LOCAL does not work. See Section 6.1.6, “Security Issues with LOAD DATA LOCAL”.

You should set the option:

local-infile=1

into your [mysql] entry of my.cnf file or call mysql client with the --local-infile option:

mysql --local-infile -uroot -pyourpwd yourdbname

You have to be sure that the same parameter is defined into your [mysqld] section too to enable the "local infile" feature server side.

It's a security restriction.

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