Start the server with --skip-grants-table. That will disable logins. Then do "delete from mysql.user" and restart :)
Walter On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Daevid Vincent <dae...@daevid.com> wrote: > Now I'm really confused. > > I just did this: > > REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES, GRANT OPTION FROM 'user'@'10.10.10.%'; > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD > 'secret'; > > and then I get this: > > SHOW GRANTS FOR 'user'@'10.10.10.%'; > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + > | Grants for u...@10.10.10.% > | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + > | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD 'secret' > | > | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `mydb`.* TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' > | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + > > So why mySQL is putting back ticks in there even though I didn't, > > and more importantly why doesn't the second line say: > > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD > 'secret'; > > like the first line says and like I specifically said in my grant statement > up above??! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:dae...@daevid.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:49 PM > To: 'mysql@lists.mysql.com' > Subject: GRANT and ticks or no ticks... > > > Wondering which of these will work or not? > > (no quotes) > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.mytable TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' IDENTIFIED BY > PASSWORD 'secret'; > > (backticks) > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `mydb`.`mytable` TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' IDENTIFIED > BY PASSWORD 'secret'; > > (single quotes) > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 'mydb'.'mytable' TO 'user'@'10.10.10.%' IDENTIFIED > BY PASSWORD 'secret'; > > All the examples seem to show no quotes: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/privileges-provided.html > > But our grant table has a mixture of all three (legacy inheritance I'm > trying to clean up) > > mysql -uroot -p -Bse "SELECT CONCAT('SHOW GRANTS FOR \'', user ,'\'@\'', > host, '\';') FROM mysql.user" | mysql -uroot -p -Bs | sed 's/$/;/g' > > Also, is there a way to just "wipe" all the grants so that I can add them > one at a time and get rid of the cruft? Obviously this has a risk of blowing > away the "root" user you're adding grants with. Does this also mean that if > I ungrant my current user, does that change take effect immediatly and I > won't be able to grant anymore? Or as long as I stay logged into the mysql > shell I am "safe"? > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=li...@olindata.com > > -- Walter Heck -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
