Briefly:
<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/GRANT.html>
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO user IDENTIFIED BY 'userspass'; CREATE DATABASE dbname; \q
mysql -u user -p dbname Password: userspass mysql>
NEVER *EVER* run ANYTHING using root. That's an administrative only user. Some applications may not even need a grant all privileges for their database, many only require select, lock, update, after the table structure is loaded they don't need to drop/add tables. Don't just do a grant all privileges * to someone either because then they can read, write, and DROP anyones tables or databases.
--On Sunday, June 13, 2004 17:17 -0400 Guy Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have zero experience, really, with Mysql although I compiled it on a Linux box and it works well for a couple of sites and messageboards that I host from my house. I do this strictly for fun and would like to let some friends and family members have websites as well.
Here's what I don't get (well, a tiny protion of what I don't get): when I paid for webhosting I could set up a php messageboard and (if I recall correctly) and I was issued a unique username and password for the mysql database. As it is now, I am required to use my root account and username - and use a different prefix for each instance of phpBB2 (a messageboard) when I install something. Is there a way that users can have sectors, or tables, or whatever that are allocated to them and which they access with their own usernames and passwords?
I know I can change my password with /.mysqadmin -u root password my_password - I know of few basics and that's it. And it does work fine - I just don't want to pass out the root account password to people to let them have access for a messageboard or whatever...
Thanks
Guy Merritt
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