"Mike Walth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have gone through the documentation, and also the archives, and still
> can't grasp why things happen with privileges.
>
> Here is what I am trying to understand and accomplish. For my own benefit
> I'm trying ot understand the user and db tables of mysql.
>
> If I setup a user with no privileges, but in the db table they have
> privileges, that user can still select, insert, etc even when it is set to
> no in the user table.
>
> A couple questions I have:
>
> What are the differences between the user/db table?
In the table 'user' global level privileges are stored, i.e. privileges on all
databases. In the table 'db' only privileges on the certain database are stored.
> Also for the best security what shoudl I set the privileges to for everyone.
> There are multiple db's on the server, and only one user per db, and they
> only need the basic privilges, i.e. create tables, select, insert, etc.
Give to the users only privileges on the needed databases. For more info look at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/GRANT.html
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Privileges.html
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