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 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
button. If you don't want to save your changes, click the button.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 Icon:
Login Information
MySQL User: Username that is specified when connecting to the MySQL server. Note that this username has nothing to do with usernames you might use elsewhere on your operating system. It is recommendable not to use special characters or spaces for that username.
Password: Password that is specified when connecting to the MySQL server. Note that this password has nothing to do with passwords you might use elsewhere on your operating system. It is recommendable not to use special characters or spaces for that password. It is, however, recommendable to use non-trivial passwords. A very trivial password might be abcde, while a non-trivial password might be lEtusMak3iThartdoGesz. Note that it is not mandatory to specify a password, although it is highly recommendable to do so.
Confirm Password: Fill in the password once again to make sure you do not accidentally introduce a typo.
Additional Information
All information specified here is optional.
Full Name: As opposed to the username in MySQL User, the full name may contain any characters, including spaces.
Description: Additional description of user.
Email: Email address of user.
Contact Information: More contact information, like postal address, or messenger information. [SH] Mike: messager -> messenger
Icon: Rather than using the default icon, you may select a different icon by pressing the [SH] Mike: In which directory?, or use an icon of your own. In the latter case, be aware that the icon has to be exactly 48 by 48 pixels in size, and its file format has to be PNG (portable network graphics).
button. You can either use one of the buttons that are shipped with MySQL Administrator