Greetings, This is how the entry looks like in the mysql.user table. So basically, root has all the global privileges.
============ | Host | User | Password | Select_priv | Insert_priv | Update_priv | Delete_priv | Create_priv | Drop_priv | Reload_priv | Shutdown_priv | Process_priv | File_priv | Grant_priv | References_priv | Index_priv | Alter_priv | +------------------------------+------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------+------------+-----------------+------------+------------+ | myhost.edu | root | 443dfb6b3a231d1e | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | +------------------------------+------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------+------------+-----------------+------------+------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ========== I did the following grant as user 'root' and got the error: mysql> grant all on *.* to 'someuser'@"%" identified by 'secret'; ERROR 1045 (00000): Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES) Any idea what I did wrong? Bing -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]