How to Export & Import Existing User (with its Privileges!)

Question

I have an existing MySQL instance (test), containing 2 databases and a few users each having different access privileges to each database.

I now need to duplicate one of

Answer 1

I had the same problem. The solution is that after the import of the backup you need to do a "flush privileges;". Then the privileges of the users will be active as in the original database.

SO

mysql -u root -p -h localhost secondb < secondb_schema.sql

mysql -u root; then in mysql: "flush privileges;"