MySQL Basic Management

This guide will show you the basic MySQL command in adding database,users with password and also assign ownership/permission for a user to a database

  1. First login to your mysql database via root :

mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 18
Server version: 10.3.13-MariaDB MariaDB Server

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Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]>

2. Use below commands to create database and create user that have access to the databases

create database [database name];
grant all on [database name].* to '[database user]'@'%' identified by '[database user password]';
flush privileges;
quit;

please change [database name] , [database user] and [database user password] accordingly to your needs

3. Finally to test, login as the new user and use command :

show databases;

4. It is working if the output shows the new database.

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