SHOW GRANTS

This statement shows a list of privileges associated with a user. As in MySQL, the USAGE privileges denotes the ability to login to TiDB.

Synopsis

ShowGrantsStmt
SHOWGRANTSFORUsernameUSINGRolenameList
Username
CURRENT_USER()Username@Hostname
RolenameList
Rolename@Hostname,Rolename@Hostname

Examples

mysql> SHOW GRANTS; +-------------------------------------------+ | Grants for User | +-------------------------------------------+ | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' | +-------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'u1'; ERROR 1141 (42000): There is no such grant defined for user 'u1' on host '%' mysql> CREATE USER u1; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec) mysql> GRANT SELECT ON test.* TO u1; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec) mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR u1; +------------------------------------+ | Grants for u1@% | +------------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'u1'@'%' | | GRANT Select ON test.* TO 'u1'@'%' | +------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

The SHOW GRANTS statement in TiDB is fully compatible with MySQL. If you find any compatibility differences, report a bug.

See also