Add a remote user
  1. Type:

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO marty@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'watch4keys' WITH GRANT OPTION;

    then press ENTER.

This command string is slightly different than the previous one:

  • TO marty@'%'

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO marty@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'watch4keys' WITH GRANT OPTION;

    The % wildcard allows connections on this account from any domain, not just localhost.

    If you only wanted connections from the visibooks.com domain, you'd use this instead:

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO marty@visibooks.com IDENTIFIED BY 'watch4keys' WITH GRANT OPTION;

  • WITH GRANT OPTION

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO marty@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'watch4keys' WITH GRANT OPTION;

    The GRANT OPTION sets the ability to GRANT privileges to other users. In other words, marty can create accounts for new users.

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