The MySQL access control system enables you to create MySQL accounts and define what each account can do. The steps bellow to create a new user MySQL account.

Step 1: Login MySQL as root

mysql -u root -p

Step 2: Using GRANT command to create new MySQL account

mysql>   GRANT ALL ON <database_name>.* TO <new_account>@<server> IDENTIFIED BY '';

Example: I have database called demo and i want to assign all privileges to new account called user1, i will type the following command:

mysql>   GRANT ALL ON demo.* TO user1@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';

Note: GRANT ALL is means set all privileges to new account. But only on demo database and can’t access other database. Read more about database privileges.

Step 3: Exit MySQL interface

mysql>   exit;

Step 4: Login MySQL with new Account

mysql -u <new_account> -p

Replace <new_account> by your new account created.

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By default, MySQL server will be installed with root account and password is blank. If you have set the password for root and forget it, then you will need to reset the root password for MySQL.

This topic has detail steps on how to reset password for root on MySQL Server.

Step 1: Stop MySQL service

service mysqld stop

Step 2: Start MySQL with mysql-safe command

mysql-safe --skip-grant-tables &

–skip-grant-tables is a option to enable anyone connect MySQL Server without password and with all privileges.

Step 3: Connect MySQL with root account and blank password

mysql -u root -p

Step 4: Change password for root account

mysql>   UPDATE mysql.user SET password = PASSWORD('NEW_PASSWORD') WHERE User = 'root';
mysql>   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql>   exit;

Step 5: Restart MySQL

service mysqld restart

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