mysql new user_Add New MySQL User

Add New MySQL User

For adding a new user to MySQL you just need to add a new entry to user table in database mysql. Below is an example of adding new user phpcake with SELECT, INSERT and UPDATE privileges with the password mypassthe SQL query is :

mysql>

use mysql;

Database changed

mysql> INSERT INTO user (host, user, password, select_priv, insert_priv, update_ priv) VALUES ('localhost', 'phpcake', PASSWORD('mypass'), 'Y', 'Y', 'Y');

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> SELECT host, user, password FROM user WHERE user = 'phpcake';

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

| host      | user    | password         |

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

| localhost | phpcake | 6f8c114b58f2ce9e |

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

1 row in set (0.00 sec)

When adding a new user remember to encrypt the new password using PASSWORD() function provided by MySQL. As you can see in the above example the password mypass is encrypted to 6f8c114b58f2ce9e.

Notice the the FLUSH PRIVILEGES statement. This tells the server to reload the grant tables. If you don't use it then you won't be able to connect to mysql using the new user account (at least until the server is reloaded).

You can also specify other privileges to a new user by setting the values of these columns in user table to 'Y' when executing the INSERT query :

Select_priv

Insert_priv

Update_priv

Delete_priv

Create_priv

Drop_priv

Reload_priv

Shutdown_priv

Process_priv

File_priv

Grant_priv

References_priv

Index_priv

Alter_priv

I think you can guess what those privileges serve by reading it's name