---
name: "basexserver"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "basex"
version: "10.5-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/basexserver"
---

# basexserver(1)

XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (server mode)

## NAME

**basexserver** - XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (server mode)

## SYNOPSIS

```
basexsercer [-cdhlnpsSUz] [stop]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**basexserver starts the server mode of the native XML database system [basex(1)](/basex/1.md) on default port 1984.**

## OPTIONS

**A short description of option can be obtained from**

```
    $ basexserver -h
```

**or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Command-Line\_Options#HTTP\_Server**

## USER MANAGEMENT

**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 (https://docs.basex.org/wiki/User\_Management).**

## DATABASE COMMANDS

**A list of supported Database commands can be obtained from**

```
    $ basexserver -ic help
```

**or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands**

## SEE ALSO

**[basexclient(1)](/basexclient/1.md), [basex(1)](/basex/1.md), [basexgui(1)](/basexgui/1.md)**

```
   .basexhome                can be created by a user to mark a folder as home directory.
   .basex                    BaseX (standalone and server) properties
   .basexgui                 BaseX additional GUI properties
   .basexhistory             contains commands that have been typed in most recently.
   ${basexhome}/data         Default database directory
   ${basexhome}/data/.logs   Server logs
   ${basexhome}/repo         Package repository
```

**BaseX Documentation Wiki: https://docs.basex.org**

## HISTORY

**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.**

## LICENSE

**New (3-clause) BSD License**

## AUTHOR

**BaseX is primarily developed by Christian Gruen \<cg@basex.org\> with** **the help of various contributors \<https://basex.org/about/open-source/\>**

**The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek \<alex@holupirek.de\> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux.**