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User management

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User management is the process of controlling which users are allowed to +connect to the MySQL server and what permissions they have on each database. +phpMyAdmin does not handle user management, rather it passes the username and +password on to MySQL, which then determines whether a user is permitted to +perform a particular action. Within phpMyAdmin, administrators have full +control over creating users, viewing and editing privileges for existing users, +and removing users.

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Within phpMyAdmin, user management is controlled via the Users link +from the main page. Users can be created, edited, and removed.

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Creating a new user

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To create a new user, click the Add a new user link near the bottom +of the Users page (you must be a “superuser”, e.g., user “root”). +Use the textboxes and drop-downs to configure the user to your particular +needs. You can then select whether to create a database for that user and grant +specific global privileges. Once you’ve created the user (by clicking Go), you +can define that user’s permissions on a specific database (don’t grant global +privileges in that case). In general, users do not need any global privileges +(other than USAGE), only permissions for their specific database.

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Editing an existing user

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To edit an existing user, simply click the pencil icon to the right of that +user in the Users page. You can then edit their global- and +database-specific privileges, change their password, or even copy those +privileges to a new user.

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Deleting a user

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From the Users page, check the checkbox for the user you wish to +remove, select whether or not to also remove any databases of the same name (if +they exist), and click Go.

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Assigning privileges to user for a specific database

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Users are assigned to databases by editing the user record (from the +User accounts link on the home page). +If you are creating a user specifically for a given table +you will have to create the user first (with no global privileges) and then go +back and edit that user to add the table and privileges for the individual +table.

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Configurable menus and user groups

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By enabling $cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups'] and +$cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups'] you can customize what users +will see in the phpMyAdmin navigation.

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Warning

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This feature only limits what a user sees, he is still able to use all the +functions. So this can not be considered as a security limitation. Should +you want to limit what users can do, use MySQL privileges to achieve that.

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With this feature enabled, the User accounts management interface gains +a second tab for managing User groups, where you can define what each +group will view (see image below) and you can then assign each user to one of +these groups. Users will be presented with a simplified user interface, which might be +useful for inexperienced users who could be overwhelmed by all the features +phpMyAdmin provides.

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