MySQL has nothing to do with /etc/passwd
You need to look at the mysql by typing in
mysql -u root -p mysql
Then you type in
DESCRIBE mysql
You should see somehting like the user table.
All you have to do is use INSERT INTO sql statements or even look up the mysql
manual for the usage of GRANT .
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Muhanad Mustafa wrote:
> Ok, i'm very new to Mysql. . The documentation is a little confusing for me to
>figure out so I thought this might help. I had created a database on my system
>called "customer15"
>
> I did this
>
> mysql>create database customer15
>
> Now I want to setup a mysql username and password so this customer has rights to
>made modifcations to his database in telnet. He has a telnet username and password,
>but when he logs into the system, Mysql wont' let him in becasue his username and
>password is not created in mysql.
>
> I want the user customer15 to have rights to the database i created called
>"customer15" and ONLY rgihts to make ANY changes to that database like create tables,
>rows, and other stuff to manage his database. What commands do I need to use. .
>your help is appricated as I learn this field of database stuff. . . It sure isn't
>easy thats for sure.
>
>
>
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