MySQL | Grant / Revoke Privileges

Granting Privileges

We have already learned about how to create user in MySQL using MySQL | create user statement. But using the Create User Statement only creates a new user but does not grant any privileges to the user account.Therefore to grant privileges to a user account, the GRANT statement is used.

Syntax:

GRANT privileges_names ON object TO user;

Parameters Used:

• privileges_name: These are the access rights or privileges granted to the user.
• object:It is the name of the database object to which permissions are being granted. In the case of granting privileges on a table, this would be the table name.
• user:It is the name of the user to whom the privileges would be granted.

Privileges:
The privileges that can be granted to the users are listed below along with description:

Let us now learn about different ways of granting privileges to the users:

1. Granting SELECT Privilege to a User in a Table: To grant Select Privilege to a table named “users” where User Name is Amit, the following GRANT statement should be executed.

   GRANT SELECT ON Users TO'Amit'@'localhost;

2. Granting more than one Privilege to a User in a Table: To grant multiple Privileges to a user named “Amit” in a table “users”, the following GRANT statement should be executed.

   GRANT SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE ON Users TO 'Amit'@'localhost;

3. Granting All the Privilege to a User in a Table: To Grant all the privileges to a user named “Amit” in a table “users”, the following Grant statement should be executed.

   GRANT ALL ON Users TO 'Amit'@'localhost;

4. Granting a Privilege to all Users in a Table: To Grant a specific privilege to all the users in a table “users”, the following Grant statement should be executed.

   GRANT SELECT  ON Users TO '*'@'localhost;

   In the above example the “*” symbol is used to grant select permission to all the users of the table “users”.

5. Granting Privileges on Functions/Procedures: While using functions and procedures, the Grant statement can be used to grant users the ability to execute the functions and procedures in MySQL.

   Granting Execute Privilege: Execute privilege gives the ability to execute a function or procedure.

   Syntax:

   GRANT EXECUTE ON [ PROCEDURE | FUNCTION ] object TO user; 

   Different ways of granting EXECUTE Privileges:

   • Granting EXECUTE privileges on a function in MySQL.: If there is a function named “CalculateSalary” and you want to grant EXECUTE access to the user named Amit, then the following GRANT statement should be executed.
     
     
     

     GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION Calculatesalary TO 'Amit'@localhost';

   • Granting EXECUTE privileges to all Users on a function in MySQL.: If there is a function named “CalculateSalary” and you want to grant EXECUTE access to all the users, then the following GRANT statement should be executed.

     GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION Calculatesalary TO '*'@localhost'; 

   • Granting EXECUTE privilege to a Users on a procedure in MySQL.: If there is a procedure named “DBMSProcedure” and you want to grant EXECUTE access to the user named Amit, then the following GRANT statement should be executed.

     GRANT EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE DBMSProcedure TO 'Amit'@localhost'; 

   • Granting EXECUTE privileges to all Users on a procedure in MySQL.: If there is a procedure called “DBMSProcedure” and you want to grant EXECUTE access to all the users, then the following GRANT statement should be executed.

     GRANT EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE DBMSProcedure TO '*'@localhost'; 

Checking the Privileges Granted to a User: To see the privileges granted to a user in a table, the SHOW GRANTS statement is used. To check the privileges granted to a user named “Amit” and host as “localhost”, the following SHOW GRANTS statement will be executed:

SHOW GRANTS FOR  'Amit'@localhost'; 

Output :

GRANTS FOR  [email protected] 

GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO `SUPER`@localhost` 

Revoking Privileges from a Table

The Revoke statement is used to revoke some or all of the privileges which have been granted to a user in the past.

Syntax:

REVOKE privileges ON object FROM user;

Parameters Used:

• object:It is the name of the database object from which permissions are being revoked. In the case of revoking privileges from a table, this would be the table name.
• user:It is the name of the user from whom the privileges are being revoked.

Privileges
Privileges can be of the following values:

Different ways of revoking privileges from a user:

1. Revoking SELECT Privilege to a User in a Table: To revoke Select Privilege to a table named “users” where User Name is Amit, the following revoke statement should be executed.

   REVOKE SELECT ON  users TO 'Amit'@localhost'; 

2. Revoking more than Privilege to a User in a Table: To revoke multiple Privileges to a user named “Amit” in a table “users”, the following revoke statement should be executed.

   REVOKE SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE ON Users TO 'Amit'@'localhost; 

3. Revoking All the Privilege to a User in a Table: To revoke all the privileges to a user named “Amit” in a table “users”, the following revoke statement should be executed.

   REVOKE ALL ON Users TO 'Amit'@'localhost; 

4. Revoking a Privilege to all Users in a Table: To Revoke a specific privilege to all the users in a table “users”, the following revoke statement should be executed.

   REVOKE SELECT  ON Users TO '*'@'localhost; 

5. Revoking Privileges on Functions/Procedures: While using functions and procedures, the revoke statement can be used to revoke the privileges from users which have been EXECUTE privileges in the past.

   Syntax:

   REVOKE EXECUTE ON [ PROCEDURE | FUNCTION ] object FROM user; 

   • Revoking EXECUTE privileges on a function in MySQL.: If there is a function called “CalculateSalary” and you want to revoke EXECUTE access to the user named Amit, then the following revoke statement should be executed.

     REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION Calculatesalary TO 'Amit'@localhost'; 

   • Revoking EXECUTE privileges to all Users on a function in MySQL.: If there is a function called “CalculateSalary” and you want to revoke EXECUTE access to all the users, then the following revoke statement should be executed.

     REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION Calculatesalary TO '*'@localhost'; 

   • Revoking EXECUTE privilege to a Users on a procedure in MySQL.: If there is a procedure called “DBMSProcedure” and you want to revoke EXECUTE access to the user named Amit, then the following revoke statement should be executed.

     REVOKE EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE DBMSProcedure TO 'Amit'@localhost'; 

   • Revoking EXECUTE privileges to all Users on a procedure in MySQL.: If there is a procedure called “DBMSProcedure” and you want to revoke EXECUTE access to all the users, then the following revoke statement should be executed.

     REVOKE EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE DBMSProcedure TO '*'@localhost';