Nowhere have i seen that it tells u to do this ? mysql> INSERT INTO user VALUES('localhost','ForumUser',PASSWORD ('forum123'),'Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y');
for a forum i would do GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] identified 'somepass' > Greetings all, > I have taken it upon myself to try and learn MySQL > management this weekend! No more using root for > everything anymore! However, I cannot seem to do > anything but create a login. > > I have tried to build an extrmely simply Forum > using MySQL and PHP. I can create the DB and TABLES > as MySQL root without any problems. Its just trying > to create an administrative user that I run into the > problems. > Ideally I would like to be able to create a MySQL > user account, where that user can create there own DB, > and do whatever the heck they want to it, while not > being able to do anything with any other DB. > > Please find a list of all my efforts below. Based > on what I have read, these attempts should have > satisfied my goals 3 times over. Anyway, if some can > see any mistakes or ommissions, I would love to hear > it! > > mysql> INSERT INTO user > VALUES('localhost','ForumUser',PASSWORD ('forum123'),'Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y'); > Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) > mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY 'forum123' WITH > GRANT OPTION; > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec) > mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP > -> ON *.* > -> TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -> IDENTIFIED BY 'forum123'; > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) > Spider:/usr/bin# mysql -u ForumUser > Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or > \g. > Your MySQL connection id is 39 to server version: > 3.23.49-log > > Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the > buffer. > > > mysql> SHOW DATABASES; > +----------+ > | Database | > +----------+ > | forums | > | phpBB | > | test | > +----------+ > 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > mysql> USE forums; > ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: '@localhost' to > database 'forums' > mysql> USE forums; > ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: '@localhost' to > database 'forums' > mysql> Aborted > Spider:/usr/bin# mysql -u ForumUser -p forums > Enter password: > ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES) > > Sincerely, > Lee > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]