User Information

The fields in this tab are unavailable unless you either click on a username in the User Accounts area of the sidebar, or create a new user in that sidebar or using the New User button on this tab. In the former case, the fields are filled with the information stored for that user, in the latter case, all fields are empty.

Note that all fields will be stored only when you click the Apply Changes button. If you don't want to save your changes, click the Discard Changes button.

Figure 9.2. User Information tab

User Information tab

The values you enter in the fields of this tab are stored on the MySQL server. The fields in the Login Information group of this tab are stored in the user table of the mysql database, while the fields in the Additional Information group are stored in the user_info table of the mysql database. The latter table is created the first time you add a new user, or change an existing user. Its contents may look like this:

    mysql> SELECT * FROM mysql.user_info \G
           *************************** 1. row ************
                          User: superuser
                     Full_name: Stefan Hinz
                   Description: MySQL Documentation Team
                         Email: stefan@mysql.com
           Contact_information: Phone: +49 30 123456789
                                Fax: +49 30 987654321
                                ICQ: 123456789
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