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Adding a new mysql user

To add a new mysql user called 'new_user' with the password 'badpassword': mysql> use mysql; Database changed mysql> INSERT INTO user (host, user, password, select_priv, insert_priv, update_priv) VALUES ('localhost', 'new_user', PASSWORD('badpassword'), 'Y', 'Y', 'Y'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO user (host, user, password, select_priv, insert_priv, update_priv) VALUES ('127.0.0.1', 'new_user', PASSWORD('badpassword'), 'Y', 'Y', 'Y'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> select User,Password,Host from user where user = 'new_user'; +----------+-------------------------------------------+-----------+ | User | Password | Host | +----------+-------------------------------------------+-----------+ | new_user | *F4A5147613F01DEC0C5226BF24CD1D5762E6AAF2 | localhost | | new_user | *F4A5147613F01DEC0C5226BF24CD1D5762E6AAF2 | 127.0.0.1 | +----------+-------------------------------------------+-----------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) Now you should be able to login to the mysql server from the local machine.


Jonathan Leto - jonathan at leto dot net

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