I had to check the user privileges on a database. What I found in google is only how to check the grants for a single user but I couldn’t find how to check the privileges of all users to a single database so I decided to write this article.
The grants are usually kept in the information_schema database.
Firstly you need to login to your MySQL as root using the following command:
user@TheBox ~ # mysql -uroot -p
Once you have logged in you need to use the information_schema database:
mysql> use information_schema;
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Database changed
mysql>
now we have to get the needed privileges info on a database. Let’s say the database is named example.
We have to execute the following:
mysql> select * from SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES where TABLE_SCHEMA=’example’;
Note: You have to replace example with the name of your database.
This command will print a list of all the users that have privileges on the database and what are they able to do.
