phpMyAdmin Grant Privilege problem

[DankSherman]

So I recently uploaded a mail/newsletter script to my website. When I tested it by entering an address in the submit form I got the following error:

Query failed : INSERT command denied to user 'ericbrotto'@'server213-171-219-3.livedns.org.uk' for table 'mailinglist_subscribers'

I then noticed that there were "No Privileges" on my database, so I attempted to use SQL to grant one using the following command:

GRANT Insert
ON Ingles.*
TO 'ericbrotto'@'213-171-219-3.livedns.org.uk'
IDENTIFIED BY 'a fake password';

but the same response keeps coming up:

MySQL said:

#1410 - You are not allowed to create a user with GRANT.

This is strange because I had already created the user with my hosting company.

Any knowledge on this?!?!?

[falko]

Did you run this command as the MySQL root user?

[DankSherman]

First I uploaded the phpMyAdmin script to my website. I then configured the config.inc.php script and uploaded that.

I then went to the phpmyadmin/admin folder on my site. I assume at this point I´m automatically logged in as the root user, no? Or is there a special process to logging in as the root user? It seems as if everything is okay as I can see my databases, can create tables, etc.

I´m a beginner to this and sometimes explicit instructions are necessary. I´ve searched for hours on the web trying to solve this on my own, but no luck.

Thanks for the quick response by the way...

[topdog]

You need to be logged in as root or as a user that has grant privileges to be able to grant privileges to other users.

What kind of service are you running on is it a VPS where you have root access, or a dedicated server or its shared hosting.

With shared hosting you will probably have to ask your systems admin to fix this for you.

[DankSherman]

I´m pretty sure it´s a VPS. The thing is I´m the one that purchased the hosting package so it´s me who set up the database and it´s users with my hosting company. I also set up the passwords. Heck, I did everything!!!

I really don´t understand how to log in as root user. Is there some steps that I need to take after going to the phpMyAdmin/admin folder? I don´t see any log in links.

What I do see is two databases listed on the left hand side under the phpMyAdmin icons. One called information_schema and another one that I created. I also managed to create some tables on my database, which makes me feel like I´m logged in already.

So confusing.... Can anyone clarify?

[topdog]

From what you explain it seems like you have a hosting package not a full VPS, with a VPS you have actual control of the whole server and can login as root, are you sure you are not on a shared system with several users using the same database ?

On a VPS phpmyadmin would have to connect as the root user to have root privileges

[DankSherman]

My apologies. You are correct. I have a hosting package. Thank you very much for clarifying that...

But I´m still left with my problem. All I want to do is grant certain privileges so that my script functions. As you can see from my original post, I´m having problems doing that.

Any advice?

[topdog]

My apologies. You are correct. I have a hosting package. Thank you very much for clarifying that...

But I´m still left with my problem. All I want to do is grant certain privileges so that my script functions. As you can see from my original post, I´m having problems doing that.

Any advice?
Speak to your hosting provider they will be able to do that for you.