How to get a list of user accounts using the command line in MySQL?

Question

I\'m using the MySQL command line utility and can navigate through a database. Now I need to see a list of user accounts. How can I do this?

I\'m using MySQL version

Answer 1

A user account comprises the username and the host level access.

Therefore, this is the query that gives all user accounts

SELECT CONCAT(QUOTE(user),'@',QUOTE(host)) UserAccount FROM mysql.user;

Answer 2

The mysql.db table is possibly more important in determining user rights. I think an entry in it is created if you mention a table in the GRANT command. In my case the mysql.users table showed no permissions for a user when it obviously was able to connect and select, etc.

mysql> select * from mysql.db;
mysql> select * from db;
+---------------+-----------------+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+--------
| Host          | Db              | User   | Select_priv | Insert_priv | Update_priv | Del...

Answer 3

I use this to sort the users, so the permitted hosts are more easy to spot:

mysql> SELECT User,Host FROM mysql.user ORDER BY User,Host;