Answer - Information about user privileges is stored in the user, db, host, tables_priv, and columns_priv tables in the mysql database (that is, in the database named mysql). The names used in this manual to refer to the privileges provided by MySQL are shown below, along with the table column name associated with each privilege in the grant tables and the context in which the privilege applies: Privilege Column Context select Select_priv tables insert Insert_priv tables update Update_priv tables delete Delete_priv tables index Index_priv tables alter Alter_priv tables create Create_priv databases, tables, or indexes drop Drop_priv databases or tables grant Grant_priv databases or tables references References_priv databases or tables reload Reload_priv server administration shutdown Shutdown_priv server administration process Process_priv server administration file File_priv file access on server The select, insert, update, and delete privileges allow you to perform operations on rows in existing tables in a database. SELECT statements require the select privilege only if they actually retrieve rows from a table. You can execute certain SELECT statements even without permission to access any of the databases on the server. For example, you could use the mysql client as a simple calculator: mysql> SELECT 1+1; mysql> SELECT PI()*2; The index privilege allows you to create or drop (remove) indexes. The alter privilege allows you to use ALTER TABLE. The create and drop privileges allow you to create new databases and tables, or to drop (remove) existing databases and tables. Note that if you grant the drop privilege for the mysql database to a user, that user can drop the database in which the MySQL access privileges are stored! The grant privilege allows you to give to other users those privileges you yourself possess. The file privilege gives you permission to read and write files on the server using the LOAD DATA INFILE and SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE statements. Any user to whom this privilege is