mysql> select user();
+-------------------+
| user()            |
+-------------------+
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
+-------------------+
mysql> show grants for [EMAIL PROTECTED];
ERROR 1141: There is no such grant defined for user 'root' on host 
'192.168.0.17'

mysql> show grants for user();
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'user()' at line 1

mysql> select user,host from mysql.user where user='root';
+-------+---------------------------+
| user  | host                      |
+-------+---------------------------+
| root  | %                          |
| root  | 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 |
| root  | localhost                 |
+-------+---------------------------+
in theory i should be logged in [EMAIL PROTECTED]/255.255.255.0, but i've been 
wrong before... is there a way to just get which user/host set is being used?


On Monday 03 June 2002 9:28, you wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
> You can see what user you is with:
> select user();
>
> Ray wrote:
> >is there a show grants self or a whoami type command?
> >
> >i'm trying to setup security, but i'm not show who i'm login in as?
> >root@% or [EMAIL PROTECTED]/255.255.255.0
> >
> >i am logging in just fine, but i don't really want to delete root@% until
> > i know i'm getting the right login.
> >
> >\s just shows me
> >Current user:           [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >but "show grants for [EMAIL PROTECTED];" says there are no grants for this
> >account.
> >
> >also, i could see this coming up for debugging as a big help.
> >
> >
> >note: all ips and usernames have been changed to protect the incredably
> >insecure, and maybe a bit paranoid.
> >
> >sql,query
> >
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