CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 longtext); INSERT INTO t1 values ('a'); SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/B11764517.tmp' FROM t1; show global variables like 'secure_file_priv'; Variable_name Value secure_file_priv MYSQL_TMP_DIR/ SELECT load_file('MYSQL_TMP_DIR\\B11764517.tmp') AS x; x a SELECT load_file('MYSQL_TMP_DIR/B11764517.tmp') AS x; x a SELECT load_file('MYSQL_TMP_DIR_UCASE/B11764517.tmp') AS x; x a SELECT load_file('MYSQL_TMP_DIR_LCASE/B11764517.tmp') AS x; x a SELECT load_file('MYSQL_TMP_DIR\\..a..\\..\\..\\B11764517.tmp') AS x; x NULL LOAD DATA INFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR\\B11764517.tmp' INTO TABLE t1; LOAD DATA INFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/B11764517.tmp' INTO TABLE t1; LOAD DATA INFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR_UCASE/B11764517.tmp' INTO TABLE t1; LOAD DATA INFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR_LCASE/B11764517.tmp' INTO TABLE t1; LOAD DATA INFILE "MYSQL_TMP_DIR\\..a..\\..\\..\\B11764517.tmp" into table t1; ERROR HY000: The MariaDB server is running with the --secure-file-priv option so it cannot execute this statement SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR\\..a..\\..\\..\\B11764517-2.tmp' FROM t1; ERROR HY000: The MariaDB server is running with the --secure-file-priv option so it cannot execute this statement SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR\\B11764517-2.tmp' FROM t1; SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/B11764517-3.tmp' FROM t1; SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR_UCASE/B11764517-4.tmp' FROM t1; SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR_LCASE/B11764517-5.tmp' FROM t1; DROP TABLE t1;