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Managing Users in Your MySQL Database
Add new users to your MySQL database
To add new users to your MySQL database:
- Log into your hosting control panel, and navigate to MySQL Database
- In the left pane, select the database to which you wish to add users
- In the right pane, click Add New User icon. The Add User dialog is displayed.
- Enter the new user name, password, and password verification.
- Normally we check for username uniqueness and password validity
- Click Add User. The new user is added to your selected MySQL database
Change the user's password in your MySQL database
To change the password for a user in your MySQL database:
- Log into your hosting control panel, and navigate to MySQL Database
- In the left pane, select the database
- In the right pane, find the user whose password you wish to change
- Click the Change Password icon for the selected user. The Change Password dialog is displayed.
- Enter the new password and verify it
Delete users from your MySQL database
To delete a user from your MySQL database:
- Log into your hosting control panel, and navigate to MySQL Database
- In the left pane, select the database from which you wish to delete users
- In the right pane, find the username you wish to delete, then click Delete User icon for that username
- In the verification dialog, click Delete User
Set or change database privileges for a user in your MySQL database
To set or change database privileges for a user in a MySQL database:
- Log into your hosting control panel, and navigate to MySQL Database
- In the left pane, select the MySQL database
- In the right pane, for the selected username, click the Privileges icon. The Set Privileges dialog is displayed.
- Verify (in the dialog) that the correct database and user are selected
- Select Yes or No for the specific privileges you wish to give to this user
- When finished, click Set Privileges
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