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Summary: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the MySQL CREATE USER statement to create a new user in the database server.
MySQL CREATE USER syntax
The CREATE USER statement creates a new user in the database server.
Here is the basic syntax of the CREATE USER statement:
In this syntax:
First, specify the account name after the CREATE USER keywords. The account name has two parts: username and hostname, separated by the @ sign:
The username is the name of the user. And hostname is the name of the host from which the user connects to the MySQL Server.
The hostname part of the account name is optional. If you omit it, the user can connect from any host.
An account name without a hostname is equivalent to:
If the username and hostname contains special characters such as space or -, you need to quote the username and hostname separately as follows:
Besides the single quote ('), you can use backticks ( `) or double quotation mark ( ').
Second, specify the password for the user after the IDENTIFIED BY keywords.
The IF NOT EXISTS option conditionally create a new user only if it does not exist.
Note that the CREATE USER statement creates a new user without any privileges. To grant privileges to the user, you use the GRANT statement.
MySQL CREATE USER example
First, connect to the MySQL Server using the mysql client tool:
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Enter the password for the root account and press Enter:
Second, show users from the current MySQL Server:
Here is the output:
Third, create a new user called bob:
Fourth, show all users again:
The output will be:
The user bob has been created successfully.
Fifth, open a second session and log in to the MySQL as bob:
Input the password for bob and press Enter:
Sixth, show the databases that bob has access:
Here is the list of databases that bob can access:
Seventh, go to the session of the user root and create a new database called bobdb:
Eight, select the databasebobdb:
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Ninth, create a new table called lists:
Notice that when you press Enter, instead of showing the mysql> command, the mysql tool shows the -> that accepts new clause of the statement.
Tenth, grant all privileges on the bobdb to bob:
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Note that you will learn how to grant privileges to a user in the GRANT tutorial.
Eleventh, go to the bob’s session and show databases:
Now, bob can see the bobdb:
Twelfth, select the database bobdb:
Thirteenth, show the tables from the bobdb database:
The user bob can see the lists table:
Fourteenth, insert a row into the lists table:
Fifteenth, query data from the lists table:
This is the output:
So the user bob can do everything in the bobdb database.
Finally, disconnect from the MySQL Server from both sessions:
In this tutorial, you have learned how to use the MySQL CREATE USER to create a new user in the database server.
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