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Re: In MySQL 8, how do you distinguish between Roles and Users in table mysql.user?

Posted by: Martijn Tonies
Date: October 31, 2018 10:12AM

Hello Peter,

Although it seems right at first glance, I noticed you can also create users without a password.

And although this may sound silly to you, it means that such users can't be properly distinguished from roles.

Any other ideas? MariaDB has added a column 'Is_Role'.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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