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mysql user grants

-- Grants / privileges list
SELECT * FROM information_schema.user_privileges;
SELECT CONCAT('SHOW GRANTS FOR ''',user,'''@''',host,''';') FROM mysql.user;

-- Grant a user
/*  ALL PRIVILEGES  All privileges
    CREATE          Create databases and tables
    DROP            Drop databases and tables
    DELETE          Delete rows from a specific table
    INSERT          Insert rows into a specific table
    SELECT          Read a database
    UPDATE          Update table rows   */
GRANT SELECT, UPDATE ON db_name.table_name TO 'my_user'@'localhost';
GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'my_user'@'localhost';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db_name.* TO 'my_user'@'localhost';

--Display user grants
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'my_user'@'localhost';

change user mysql

[madegow@fedora20 ~]$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
...
MariaDB [(none)]> select user()
-> ;
+----------------+
| user()         |
+----------------+
| root@localhost |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> system mysql -u madegow -p
Enter password: 
...
MariaDB [(none)]> select user();
+-------------------+
| user()            |
+-------------------+
| madegow@localhost|