SHOW GRANTS
SHOW GRANTS
Description
Displays all the privileges that have been granted to a user or role.
For more information about roles and privileges, see Overview of privileges.
NOTE: All the roles and users can view the privileges granted to them or the roles assigned to them. However, only the
user_adminrole can view the privileges of a specific user or role.
Syntax
SHOW GRANTS; -- View the privileges of the current user.
SHOW GRANTS FOR ROLE <role_name>; -- View the privileges of a specific role.
SHOW GRANTS FOR <user_identity>; -- View the privileges of a specific user.
Parameters
- role_name
- user_identity
Return fields:
-- View the privileges of a specific user.
+--------------+--------+---------------------------------------------+
|UserIdentity |Catalog | Grants |
+--------------+--------+---------------------------------------------+
-- View the privileges of a specific role.
+-------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------+
|RoleName |Catalog | Grants |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------+
Field | Description |
|---|---|
UserIdentity | The user identity, which is displayed when you query the privileges of a user. |
RoleName | The role name, which is displayed when you query the privileges of a role. |
Catalog | The catalog name.
The name of the external catalog is returned if the GRANT operation is performed on an external catalog.
|
Grants | The specific GRANT operation. |
Examples
mysql> SHOW GRANTS;
+--------------+---------+----------------------------------------+
| UserIdentity | Catalog | Grants |
+--------------+---------+----------------------------------------+
| 'root'@'%' | NULL | GRANT 'root', 'testrole' TO 'root'@'%' |
+--------------+---------+----------------------------------------+
mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'user_g'@'%';
+-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|UserIdentity |Catalog |Grants |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|'user_g'@'%' |NULL |GRANT role_g, public to `user_g`@`%`; |
|'user_g'@'%' |NULL |GRANT IMPERSONATE ON `user_a`@`%`, `user_b`@`%`TO `user_g`@`%`; |
|'user_g'@'%' |default |GRANT CREATE_DATABASE ON CATALOG default_catalog TO USER `user_g`@`%`; |
|'user_g'@'%' |default |GRANT ALTER, DROP, CREATE_TABLE ON DATABASE db1 TO USER `user_g`@`%`; |
|'user_g'@'%' |default |GRANT CREATE_VIEW ON DATABASE db1 TO USER `user_g`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION; |
|'user_g'@'%' |default |GRANT ALTER, DROP, SELECT, INGEST, EXPORT, DELETE, UPDATE ON TABLE db.* TO USER `user_g`@`%`; |
|'user_g'@'%' |default |GRANT ALTER, DROP, SELECT ON VIEW db2.view TO USER `user_g`@`%`; |
|'user_g'@'%' |Hive_catalog |GRANT USAGE ON CATALOG Hive_catalog TO USER `user_g`@`%` |
+-------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR ROLE role_g;
+-------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------+
|RoleName |Catalog | Grants |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------+
|role_g |NULL | GRANT role_p, role_test TO ROLE role_g; |
|role_g |default | GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO ROLE role_g WITH GRANT OPTION; |
+-------------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+