You have been subscribed to a public bug: When setting read_only=ON even the super user cannot delete or update data, though super_read_only=OFF.
This has been tested in Percona Server 5.6.29-76.2-log and 5.6.31-77.0-log: mysql> select @@version, @@version_comment; +-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ | @@version | @@version_comment | +-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ | 5.6.31-77.0-log | Percona Server (GPL), Release 77.0, Revision 5c1061c | +-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show variables like '%read_only%'; +------------------+-------+ | Variable_name | Value | +------------------+-------+ | innodb_read_only | OFF | | read_only | ON | | super_read_only | OFF | | tx_read_only | OFF | +------------------+-------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show grants; +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for root@localhost | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '*...' WITH GRANT OPTION | | GRANT PROXY ON ''@'' TO 'root'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> delete from mytable where id=21169806818; ERROR 1290 (HY000): The MySQL server is running with the --read-only option so it cannot execute this statement mysql> set global read_only=off; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> delete from mytable where id=21169806818; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: percona-server Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: percona-server/5.5 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: percona-server/5.6 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: percona-server/5.7 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: upstream -- Improve diagnostics for non-SUPER DEFINER trigger blocking --read_only=ON update for a SUPER user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613208 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs