In this article, we will see how to find the list of user accounts in MySQL.
We dont have command like show databases or show tables to check the list users accounts in MySQL Server. We cant the list of user account using mysql.user table.
Find the list of user accounts in MySQL:
1. Following query gives all user accounts names in MySQL Server.
select user from mysql.user;
2. To get list user names with their host name in MySQL Server, then run the below query:
select host, user from mysql.user;
3. If you want get list from Linux shell run the following query:
mysql -u root -p -e 'select user from mysql.user' > allUsersOnmysql.txt
To get list of columns of mysql.user run the following query:
desc mysql.user;
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+ | Host | char(255) | NO | PRI | | | | User | char(32) | NO | PRI | | | | Select_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Insert_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Update_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Delete_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Drop_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Reload_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Shutdown_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Process_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | File_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Grant_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | References_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Index_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Alter_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Show_db_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Super_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_tmp_table_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Lock_tables_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Execute_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Repl_slave_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Repl_client_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_view_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Show_view_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_routine_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Alter_routine_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_user_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Event_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Trigger_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_tablespace_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | ssl_type | enum('','ANY','X509','SPECIFIED') | NO | | | | | ssl_cipher | blob | NO | | NULL | | | x509_issuer | blob | NO | | NULL | | | x509_subject | blob | NO | | NULL | | | max_questions | int unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | max_updates | int unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | max_connections | int unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | max_user_connections | int unsigned | NO | | 0 | | | plugin | char(64) | NO | | caching_sha2_password | | | authentication_string | text | YES | | NULL | | | password_expired | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | password_last_changed | timestamp | YES | | NULL | | | password_lifetime | smallint unsigned | YES | | NULL | | | account_locked | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Create_role_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Drop_role_priv | enum('N','Y') | NO | | N | | | Password_reuse_history | smallint unsigned | YES | | NULL | | | Password_reuse_time | smallint unsigned | YES | | NULL | | | Password_require_current | enum('N','Y') | YES | | NULL | | | User_attributes | json | YES | | NULL | | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+