Looks like words "privileges on" are missing from GRANT statement you used
Should be "grant super privileges on *.* to 'untz'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; Not "grant super *.* to 'untz'@'localhost' identified by 'password';" Regards, Mikhail Berman -----Original Message----- From: untz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:02 PM To: Ananda Kumar Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Access Denied When Trying to Create Database Ananda, Thank you for responding! I just tried this and got the following: mysql> grant super *.* to 'untz'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '*.* to [EMAIL PROTECTED] identified by password' at line 1 Can anyone please help me? I am not a DBA.... Kindest regards, untz On Jun 11, 2007, at 4:36 AM, Ananda Kumar wrote: > Is this a user "untz" going to do even the "create procedure", if > yes then > you need to grant "super" previliege to this user. > > grant super on *.* to 'untz'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; > > regards > anandkl > > On 6/11/07, untz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Baron & Prathima, >> >> Thank for the information! >> >> What happened is that I hadn't used MySQL for a long time and looked >> up on the Internet on how to change my root and individual users' >> passwords. >> >> The last command the URL had me type was "flush privileges;" and once >> I did that, I think it created a problem for everything else. >> >> Here's what I got when I ran SHOW GRANTS: >> >> mysql> show GRANTS; >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> --------------------------------------+ >> | Grants for >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> | >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> --------------------------------------+ >> | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD >> '*55C1BF0D7E49AB5343925CDD17F2F5F923B5248C' >> | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `depot_development`.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' >> | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `depot_test`.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' >> | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `depot_production`.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' >> | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `music_development`.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' >> | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `music_test`.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' >> | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `music_production`.* TO 'untz'@'localhost' >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> --------------------------------------+ >> 7 rows in set (0.00 sec) >> >> What am I supposed to do? I can not run queries or even create >> tables... >> >> I also tried using a MySQL client (CocoaMySQL) and it displayed the >> same error as in the previous e-mail (see below). >> >> Am really stuck on this so any help, suggestions, etc. would be >> greatly appreciated! >> >> Sincerely yours, >> >> untz >> >> On Jun 10, 2007, at 5:44 AM, Baron Schwartz wrote: >> >> > Hi untz, >> > >> > untz wrote: >> >> Hello there, >> >> I am using MySQL 5 on OS X Tiger... >> >> After starting the server, I tried to create a sample database and >> >> this is what what happened: >> >> $ mysql -u untz -p >> >> Enter password: >> >> Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. >> >> Your MySQL connection id is 4 to server version: 5.0.16-standard >> >> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. >> >> mysql> create database people_development; >> >> ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user 'untz'@'localhost' to >> >> database 'people_development' >> >> mysql> >> > >> > Try running SHOW GRANTS while logged in, and see what privileges >> > you have. You probably need to grant your user some additional >> > privileges. >> > >> > Cheers >> > Baron >> > >> > -- >> > MySQL General Mailing List >> > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql? >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> >> -- >> MySQL General Mailing List >> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql? >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]