mysql query user privileges code example

Example 1: mysql add user with all privileges

CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'newuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Example 2: mysql check user privileges

SHOW GRANTS FOR 'root'@'localhost';

Example 3: grant all privileges mysql

/*
The GRANT statement is used to assign full control over specific database by providing all priviledge.
Follow below statement for assign priviledge to user
*/

Syntax: 
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database_name.* TO 'username'@'localhost';

Example 4: mysql users and privileges list

SELECT * FROM information_schema.user_privileges;
SELECT CONCAT('SHOW GRANTS FOR ''',user,'''@''',host,''';') FROM mysql.user;
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'my_user'@'localhost';