MySQL List Users Command – How to Show / List All Users in MySQL / MariaDB

In order to list all the configured DB users in a MySQL or MariaDB, you must be logged in as an administrator:

/home/grokman grokman@li598-26% sudo mysql -u root -p

Then you can issue the command to list all the DB users:

select user, Super_priv from mysql.user;

So, it should go something like this:

MySQL Root Login List Users
MySQL Root Login & List Users

Other user table fields can be listed with:

desc mysql.user;
+------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+----------+-------+
| Field                  | Type                              | Null | Key | Default  | Extra |
+------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+----------+-------+
| Host                   | char(60)                          | NO   | PRI |          |       |
| User                   | char(80)                          | NO   | PRI |          |       |
| Password               | char(41)                          | NO   |     |          |       |
| Select_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Insert_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Update_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Delete_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Create_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Drop_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Reload_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Shutdown_priv          | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Process_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| File_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Grant_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| References_priv        | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Index_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Alter_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Show_db_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Super_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Create_tmp_table_priv  | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Lock_tables_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Execute_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Repl_slave_priv        | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Repl_client_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Create_view_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Show_view_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Create_routine_priv    | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Alter_routine_priv     | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Create_user_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Event_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Trigger_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| Create_tablespace_priv | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| ssl_type               | enum('','ANY','X509','SPECIFIED') | NO   |     |          |       |
| ssl_cipher             | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL     |       |
| x509_issuer            | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL     |       |
| x509_subject           | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL     |       |
| max_questions          | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0        |       |
| max_updates            | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0        |       |
| max_connections        | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0        |       |
| max_user_connections   | int(11)                           | NO   |     | 0        |       |
| plugin                 | char(64)                          | NO   |     |          |       |
| authentication_string  | text                              | NO   |     | NULL     |       |
| password_expired       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| is_role                | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N        |       |
| default_role           | char(80)                          | NO   |     |          |       |
| max_statement_time     | decimal(12,6)                     | NO   |     | 0.000000 |       |
+------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+----------+-------+
46 rows in set (0.01 sec)

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