{"id":3598,"date":"2024-03-13T07:10:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mariadb\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T18:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:34:49","slug":"how-to-create-a-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mariadb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mariadb\/","title":{"rendered":"MariaDB: Create User &#038; Grant Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To create a user and grant permissions in MariaDB, you can follow the steps below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Firstly, log in to the MariaDB server as a user with administrative privileges.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new user using the following command (for example, with the username &#8220;new_user&#8221; and the password &#8220;user_password&#8221;):<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">USER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'new_user'<\/span>@<span class=\"hljs-string\">'localhost'<\/span> IDENTIFIED <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BY<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'user_password'<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Grant new users appropriate permissions. 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