Question

I tried the following statement in mysql terminal:

revoke file on *.* to 'john'@'localhost';

But I get the error:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'to 'john'@'localhost'' at line 1

What is the correct syntax for the revoke statement? I tried reading mysql documentation but didn’t understand.

Answer 1

In your query, replace the word to with from. Like this:

revoke file on *.* from 'john'@'localhost';

See the MySQL docs for REVOKE for more info on this command.