---
name: "jobrep-admin"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "lcmaps-plugins-jobrep-admin"
version: "1.5.7-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jobrep-admin"
---

# jobrep-admin(8)

manage jobrepository database structure

## NAME

jobrep-admin - manage jobrepository database structure

## SYNOPSIS

**jobrep-admin** {**install**\|**destroy**\|**show**} \[*db password file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **jobrep-admin** command.

This command (re)creates or destroys a MySQL database with a schema that is suitable to be used by the [**lcmaps\_jobrep.mod**(8)](/lcmaps_jobrep.mod/8.md) plug-in. It needs to be run only once. The database name is hard-coded to 'jobrepository', and the database administrator's login must be 'root'.

## OPTIONS

This program accepts the following commands.

- **install**

  Install the  **jobrepository** database.

- **destroy**

  Destroy the database.

- **show**

  Show the current database structure.

The program accepts one optional parameter:

- *db password file*

  This should be the path of a file that contains the password of the database administrator. The username must be 'root'.

## BUGS

Please report any errors to the Nikhef Grid Middleware Security Team \<grid-mw-security-support@nikhef.nl\>.

## SEE ALSO

**lcmaps**(8), [**lcmaps\_jobrep.mod**(8)](/lcmaps_jobrep.mod/8.md), [**mysql**(1)](/mysql/1.md).\
 More information can be found on-line at  the Nikhef Wiki on Site Access Control ⟨https://wiki.nikhef.nl/grid/Site\_Access\_Control⟩.

## AUTHORS

The Jobrepository and the LCMAPS plug-ins were written by the Nikhef Grid Middleware Security Team \<grid-mw-security@nikhef.nl\>.