Commands

Command syntax will vary between MySQL Versions

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User Management

Show all users

SELECT user, host FROM mysql. user;

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Add User

CREATE USER 'name'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password.';

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Granting Privileges

Available privileges:

GRANT CREATE, ALTER, DROP, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT, REFERENCES, RELOAD

Grant specific privilege ( or multiple comma separated):

GRANT PRIVILEGE ON database.table TO 'username'@'host';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

or

Grant all:

GRANT ALL ON database.table TO 'username'@'host';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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Delete a user

DROP USER 'name'@'host';

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Set user password

Change user password

ALTER USER 'user'@'host' IDENTIFIED BY 'NewPassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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Database Management

Create a database

CREATE DATABASE name;

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Delete a database

DROP DATABASE name;

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