On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, h3rb wrote:

> Ok.  I have read the manual =)  But one thing I am not clear on.  Is if I can
> create a user who can create their own database's..modify them..and drop them
> if need be.  But they wouldn't have access to any database on the server.  I
> am asking because I host 4 different sites and 3 of them want mysql access.
> And I would not want to have to go and create a new database for these guys
> anytime they wanted.  Or are there other ways around this?  Thanks,
>
> h3rb

I suggest you take an approach similar to sourceforge:

- set up one or more mysql servers
- on these servers set up a MySQL user for each Unix user
- give user USER access to a database USER only

All of this is done by executing the GRANT SQL command
as a privileged user.

Neil


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