basexserver (1)

basexserver [-cdeipSz] [stop]

basexserver starts the server mode of the native XML database system basex(1) on default port 1984.

A short description of option can be obtained from

    $ basexserver -h

or by browsing http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Startup_Options#BaseX_Server

On first startup a user 'admin' with default password 'admin' exists (make sure to change this)!

Admin permissions are needed to execute one of the following processes.

• Creating user 'test' with password 'test':

   > CREATE USER test test

As global permissions valid options are 'none', 'read', 'write', 'create' and 'admin'.

• Revoking all global permissions from user 'test':

   > GRANT none TO test

Valid local permissions are 'none', 'read' and 'write'.

• Granting write permission on database 'factbook' to user 'test':

    > GRANT write ON factbook TO test

Note: Local permissions overwrite global permissions. As a consequence, the 'test' user will only be allowed to access (i.e., read and write) the 'factbook' database. If no local permissions are set, the global rights are inherited.

• Showing global permissions:

    > SHOW USERS

• Showing local permissions on database 'factbook':

   > SHOW USERS ON factbook

• Dropping of user 'test':

   > DROP USER test

Further details on user management are to be found in the BaseX Documentation Wiki (http://docs.basex.org/wiki/User_Management).

A list of supported Database commands can be obtained from

    $ basexserver -ic help

or by browsing http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands

basexclient(1), basex(1), basexgui(1)

~/.basex BaseX (standalone and server) properties

~/.basexgui BaseX additional GUI properties

~/.basexperm user name, passwords, and permissions

~/.basexevents contains all existing events

~/BaseXData Default database directory

~/BaseXData/.logs Server logs

~/BaseXRepo Package repository

BaseX Documentation Wiki: http://docs.basex.org

BaseX started as a research project of the Database and Information Systems Group (DBIS) at the University of Konstanz in 2005 and soon turned into a feature-rich open source XML database and XPath/XQuery processor.

New (3-clause) BSD License

BaseX is developed by a bunch of people called 'The BaseX Team' <http://basex.org/about-us/> led by Christian Gruen <[email protected]>.

The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek <[email protected]> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux.