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I'm trying to create a read-only user with access to one database in PHPMyAdmin. Since I'm a server newbie I followed some instructions line-by-line on setting up my database and PHPMyAdmin. As such, my root account is not accessible via the GUI; only a full access child account. This account cannot create users via the GUI, so I did the following via command line:

mysql -u root -p
mysql> create user 'readonly-user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> grant select on mydatabase.* to 'readonly-user'@'localhost';

If I try to log in via PHPMyAdmin as readonly-user, however, I'm not able to get in.

Is there something I need to do to register this account with PHPMyAdmin?

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  • I copied-and-pasted your MySQL commands to create 'readonly-user'@'localhost' and once that was done I was able to log in to phpMyAdmin as that user without difficulty. What error message(s), if any, do you get when you try to log in?
    – Gord Thompson
    Mar 17, 2013 at 13:10
  • anyone solved this problem?
    – shiladitya
    Jun 2, 2014 at 6:39

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You have to run the FLUSH PRIVILEGES; command.

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  • Are there any special variants? I ran the command and then tried to log into PHPMyAdmin as readonly-user. I'm still getting "#1045 Cannot log in to the MySQL server"
    – Anthony
    Mar 16, 2013 at 20:20
  • I've tried to recreate the issue on my server and so far have not been successful. After creating 'readonly-user'@'localhost' I was able to log in to phpMyAdmin as that user immediately; no FLUSH PRIVILEGES; was required.
    – Gord Thompson
    Mar 17, 2013 at 13:13
  • @GordThompson Ok, thanks for trying. I have a few leads I'm investigating, so I'll post an answer if I find out what it is.
    – Anthony
    Mar 18, 2013 at 14:20
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    This answer is incorrect. FLUSH PRIVILEGES is only required when you manipulate the underlying grant tables directly with DML instead of using statements like CREATE USER and GRANT.
    – Michael - sqlbot
    Mar 20, 2013 at 21:26
  • anyone solved this problem?
    – shiladitya
    Jun 2, 2014 at 6:39

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