MYSQLUSERCLONE(1) MySQL Utilities MYSQLUSERCLONE(1)
NAME
mysqluserclone - Copy a MySQL user to one or more new users on another server
SYNOPSIS
mysqluserclone [options] base_user new_user[:password][@host_name] ...
DESCRIPTION
This utility uses an existing MySQL user account on one server as a template, and clones it to create one or more new user accounts with
the same privileges as the original user. The new users can be created on the original server or a different server.
To list users for a server, specify the --list option. This prints a list of the users on the source (no destination is needed). To con-
trol how to display list output, use one of the following values with the --format option:
grid (default)
Display output in grid or table format like that of the mysql monitor.
csv Display output in comma-separated values format.
tab Display output in tab-separated format.
vertical
Display output in single-column format like that of the G command for the mysql monitor.
OPTIONS
mysqluserclone accepts the following command-line options:
--help Display a help message and exit.
--destination=<destination>
Connection information for the destination server in <user>[:<passwd>]@<host>[:<port>][:<socket>] format.
--dump, -d
Display the GRANT statements to create the account rather than executing them. In this case, the utility does not connect to the
destination server and no --destination option is needed.
--format=<list_format>, -f<list_format>
Specify the user display format. Permitted format values are grid, csv, tab, and vertical. The default is grid. This option is
valid only if --list is given.
--force
Drop the new user account if it exists before creating the new account. Without this option, it is an error to try to create an
account that already exists.
--include-global-privileges
Include privileges that match base_user@% as well as base_user@host.
--list List all users on the source server. With this option, a destination server need not be specified.
--quiet, -q
Turn off all messages for quiet execution.
--source=<source>
Connection information for the source server in <user>[:<passwd>]@<host>[:<port>][:<socket>] format.
--verbose, -v
Specify how much information to display. Use this option multiple times to increase the amount of information. For example, -v =
verbose, -vv = more verbose, -vvv = debug.
--version
Display version information and exit.
NOTES
You must provide connection parameters (user, host, password, and so forth) for an account that has the appropriate privileges to access
all objects in the operation.
The account used to connect to the source server must have privileges to read the mysql database.
The account used to connect to the destination server must have privileges to execute CREATE USER (and DROP USER if the --force option is
given), and privileges to execute GRANT for all privileges to be granted to the new accounts.
For the --format option, the permitted values are not case sensitive. In addition, values may be specified as any unambiguous prefix of a
valid value. For example, --format=g specifies the grid format. An error occurs if a prefix matches more than one valid value.
EXAMPLES
To clone joe as sam and sally with passwords and logging in as root on the local machine, use this command:
$ mysqluserclone --source=root@localhost
--destination=root@localhost
joe@localhost sam:secret1@localhost sally:secret2@localhost
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Destination on localhost: ... connected.
# Cloning 2 users...
# Cloning joe@localhost to user sam:secret1@localhost
# Cloning joe@localhost to user sally:secret2@localhost
# ...done.
The following command shows all users on the local server in the most verbose output in CSV format:
$ mysqluserclone --source=root@localhost --list --format=csv -vvv
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
user,host,database
joe,localhost,util_test
rpl,localhost,
sally,localhost,util_test
sam,localhost,util_test
joe,user,util_test
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2010, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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AUTHOR
MySQL Utilities Team
COPYRIGHT
2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
1.0.3 May 09, 2012 MYSQLUSERCLONE(1)