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Make alias for Terminal
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql alias mysqladmin=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
if you want to make the alias permanent, you need to create / edit a file call [.bash_profile]
nano ~/.bash_profile
and add the command to the file save and exit.
reference
Reset MySQL server root account password
$ cd /usr/local/mysql/bin $ ./mysqladmin -u root password 'NEW_PASSWORD'
Use new password to login
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW_PASSWORD") where User = "root";
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> \q
Create new user and grant all privileges to new user
mysql> CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'newuser'@'localhost'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Grant different user permissions
GRANT [type of permission] ON [database name].[table name] TO ‘[username]’@'localhost’;
- ALL PRIVILEGES- as we saw previously, this would allow a MySQL user all access to a designated database (or if no database is selected, across the system)
- CREATE- allows them to create new tables or databases
- DROP- allows them to them to delete tables or databases
- DELETE- allows them to delete rows from tables
- INSERT- allows them to insert rows into tables
- SELECT- allows them to use the Select command to read through databases
- UPDATE- allow them to update table rows
- GRANT OPTION- allows them to grant or remove other users’ privileges
Revoke user permission from database
REVOKE [type of permission] ON [database name].[table name] FROM ‘[username]’@‘localhost’;
Delete user with DROP
DROP USER ‘username’@‘localhost’;
Log in to MySQL via command line
$ mysql -u username -h localhost -p Enter password: