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Understanding What Grants a User Has in MySQL

Understanding What Grants a User Has in MySQL

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MySQL allows various permissions to be set for users during (or after) creation. The following command comes handy to understand what GRANTS a user has.

Command: SHOW GRANTS FOR user;

In the above command, replace the user with the real username to know the GRANTS associated with the user.

Sample:

SHOW GRANTS FOR root;

Results in:

+-------------------------------------------------------------+| Grants for root@%                                 |+-------------------------------------------------------------+| GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION |+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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