How does one create a privileged user in MySQL( not root ) for the sole purpose of creating other users?
However, this user can only grant access to one database at a time.
Is it possible to give limited GRANT permissions to a user?
yes you can create mysql user and grant limited permissions using phpmyadmin
interface and also by command
use following command for creating user and grant permissions
CREATE USER 'monty'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass';
GRANT SELECT ON database.* TO 'user'#'localhost';
you can further explore on
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/adding-users.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/grant.html
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I want to have a non-root mysql user that can create another databases and users and grant access to that users to created databases. To do this as root I firstly created a user
CREATE USER asusi_admin#localhost IDENTIFIED BY '123';
Then I grant create user PRIVILEGE to this user
GRANT CREATE USER ON *.* TO 'asusi_admin'#localhost';
Then I grant all privileges to this user for the every database he creates
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `asusi\_%`.* TO 'asusi_admin'#'localhost WITH GRANT OPTION;
Now I'm flushing privileges
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Now I'm logging on to MySQL as newly created user asusi_admin and creating a new database
Now I'm creating a new database
CREATE DATABASE asusi_database;
Now I'm checking that I can use this database
USE asusi_database;
I can use this database, good
Now I'm creating a new user
CREATE USER 'asusi_user'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED '123';
Now I want to grant select privilege to the created user
GRANT select on `asusi_database`.* 'asusi_user'#'localhost'
And here I'm getting an error: 'Access denied for user 'asusi_admin'#'localhost' to database 'asusi_superdb'
Should I relogin as root and explicitly grant access to this database to a asusi_user
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `asusi_database`.* TO 'asusi_admin'#'localhost WITH GRANT OPTION;
and then relog in as asusi_admin and run the command again
GRANT select on `asusi_database`.* 'asusi_user'#'localhost'
this time it gives me no error and user asusi_user can read database asusi_database. Apparently MySQL wants me to explicitly grant access to the user asusi_admin for the every created database via root account. But I don't want to use the root account. I thought that after executing this command
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `asusi\_%`.* TO 'asusi_admin'#'localhost WITH GRANT OPTION;
user asusi_admin will be able to grant access to other users to the ecery database that stats with 'asusi_' prefix. May be I missed something or this behavior is designed to be that way?
It seems this is a confirmed bug, that was not fixed yet https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=75097, so nothing you can do right now with it.
I followed this post Grant on multiple databases. MySQL to be able to grant permissions over multiple databases to a mysql user. But I also want to make sure that these permissions persist when a new databases is added to the mysql server. Is there a way to do this?
If you grant all database and all table access to any MySQL user while creating then user can access all database/table created after creation of user account.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'user'#'host' WITH GRANT OPTION;
You can use
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'user'#'hostname';
. represents database.table. * indicates all databases and all their tables.
I have a non root user in mysql database. It has grant, create, create user permissions. I need to create a new database and user using that account. Then i need to grant basic usage permissions to newly created user on the newly created database..
I was able to create a new database and user using the non root user. Now when it comes to granting permission for newly created user on newly created database using the non root user i get permission denied for non-root user on newly created user... Any workaround?
Included from OP's comments:
Executing:
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'non_root_account_name'#'his_host'
Resulted the following:
GRANT CREATE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE USER
ON *.*
TO 'non_root_account_name'#'localhost'
IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD 'password'
WITH GRANT OPTION
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE,
DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, SHOW VIEW
ON non_root_account_name.*
TO 'non_root_account_name'#'localhost'
WITH GRANT OPTION`
GRANT SELECT
ON mysql`.*
TO 'non_root_account_name'#'localhost'`
As per documentation on GRANT privileges :
To use GRANT, you must have the GRANT OPTION privilege, and you must have the privileges that you are granting.
Meaning, your account to grant privileges to other users, it should have a GRANT OPTION privilege.
Connect as root and re-execute grant on your account to grant the above privilege.
Example:
GRANT
-- list of privileges here
-- to your account name # host
WITH GRANT OPTION
I want to create a new user in MySql. I do not want that new user to do much with my existing databases [I just want to grant Select privilege to him], but he can do anything and everything with a new database which he creates.
Firstly, is there a way to grant permission as per the database owner? If it is possible, then that is the ideal thing I am looking for. And if not, then how do I restrict a particular user from accessing [only Select privilege] some specific database only, allowing him to do anything he wants with the remaining ones?
From the MySQL grant documentation:
CREATE USER 'jeffrey'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypass';
GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'jeffrey'#'localhost';
GRANT ALL ON db1.* TO 'jeffrey'#'localhost';
The first command creates the user. The second grants select on all databases and tables. The third command grants all access to all tables in db1.
Is there anything else specific you are looking to do?
To provide a specific user with a permission, you can use this framework:
GRANT [type of permission] ON [database name].[table name] TO ‘[username]’#'localhost’;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'newuser'#'localhost';
The asterisks in this command refer to the database and table (respectively) that they can access—this specific command allows to the user to read, edit, execute and perform all tasks across all the databases and tables.
Once you have finalized the permissions that you want to set up for your new users, always be sure to reload all the privileges.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
For more about permission you can read this article
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-a-new-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mysql
For the list of permissions, see the MySQL Manual page Privileges Provided by MySQL.
Open mysql command prompt.
To create a new user when host is localhost then use this command
CREATE user 'test_user'#'localhost' identified by 'some_password';
for any host use %, like this
CREATE user 'test_user'#'%' identified by 'some_password';
Once the user is created, you need to Grant some access. Use following command for this.
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE
ON database_name.table_name
TO 'test_user'#'localhost';
After successful execution of above query, test_user can select, insert and update in table_name (name of table) of database_name (name of database).
grant privilege is given in data base like this
grant privilege on object to user
object is any data base table or relation and user might be the whom the privilege is provided to him.
Example
grant select,insert,update,on object name to user name
grant select on employee to john with grant option;
revoke delete on employee from john.
I want to have multiple a MySQL users to be able to issue commands like
CREATE DATABASE dbTest;
But I also want each of these users to be able to see and access only their own databases.
All I could find was how to either create the databases by a DBA and grant the privileges on this database to the specific user:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbTest.* TO 'user';
or grant privileges on all databases to a user:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'user';
But neither is what I want, because it needs to scale and be secure.
You can use
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `testuser\_%` . * TO 'testuser'#'%';
to grant the user testuser privileges on all databases with names beginning with testuser_.
This allows the testuser to create databases limited to names starting with testuser_
You can use
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `testuser_%` . * TO 'testuser'#'%';
to grant the user testuser privileges on all databases with names beginning with testuser_.
EDIT: I'm not sure if this user is now also allowed to create databases.
Yes, this allows the testuser to create databases limited to names starting with testuser_
Create a stored procedure that is defined by the admin user and invokes with the admin user privileges by using SQL SECURITY DEFINER. In the stored procedure,
Create the database.
Set the privileges on the database so only the current user has access.
Execute FLUSH PRIVILEGES to reload the privileges from the grant tables.
Use USER() to get the current user login details.
Find out more about SQL SECURITY DEFINER.
It is impossible to do this using permissions only .
The workaround as suggested in another answer:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ONtestuser_%. * TO 'testuser'#'%';
has the problem that the users must then be very careful in naming their databases.
For example if user aaa creates database bbb_xyz, it can then be accessed exclusively by user bbb but not by user aaa.