What Is a User Account

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What Is a User Account? - MySQL FAQs - Managing User Accounts and Access Privileges

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A user account is identified by a user name and defines the user's attributes, including the following:

  • Password for connection authentication.
  • User privileges, for examples: Shutdown_priv, Create_priv, Drop_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv, etc..
  • Various limits, for example: max_questions, max_updates, max_connections, etc..

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