mysql list database_MySQL "show users" - how to show/list the users in a MySQL database

MySQL users FAQ: How do I show/list MySQL users, i.e., the user accounts in a MySQL database?

To show/list the users in a MySQL database, first log into your MySQL server as an administrative user using the mysql client, then run this MySQL query:

mysql> select * from mysql.user;

However, note that this query shows a large listing of MySQL user information, including user permission information, so as a practical matter you may want to trim down some of the fields to display, something like this:

mysql> select host, user, password from mysql.user;

The next section provides details and background information about this second query.

How to reduce the amount of ‘user’ information shown

You can get a listing of the fields in the mysql.user table by running this MySQL query:

mysql> desc mysql.user;

On my current server this shows the following 37 columns of MySQL user information, as shown here:

mysql> desc mysql.user;

+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |

+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

| Host | char(60) | NO | PRI | | |

| User | char(16) | NO | PRI | | |

| Password | char(41) | NO | | | |

| Select_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Insert_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Update_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Delete_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Create_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Drop_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Reload_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Shutdown_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Process_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| File_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Grant_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| References_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Index_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Alter_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Show_db_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Super_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Create_tmp_table_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Lock_tables_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Execute_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Repl_slave_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Repl_client_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Create_view_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Show_view_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Create_routine_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Alter_routine_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| Create_user_priv | enum(‘N‘,‘Y‘) | NO | | N | |

| ssl_type | enum(‘‘,‘ANY‘,‘X509‘,‘SPECIFIED‘) | NO | | | |

| ssl_cipher | blob | NO | | NULL | |

| x509_issuer | blob | NO | | NULL | |

| x509_subject | blob | NO | | NULL | |

| max_questions | int(11) unsigned | NO | | 0 | |

| max_updates | int(11) unsigned | NO | | 0 | |

| max_connections | int(11) unsigned | NO | | 0 | |

| max_user_connections | int(11) unsigned | NO | | 0 | |

+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

37 rows in set (0.10 sec)

So for most cases where you want to show MySQL user accounts you‘ll probably want to limit your MySQL users‘ query to a few important columns, something like this:

select host, user, password from mysql.user;

In summary, if you need to list the users in a MySQL database, I hope this has been helpful.