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I tried to list all databases by running this command

mysql> show databases;

and got below error:-

ERROR 1449 (HY000): The user specified as a definer ('mysql.infoschema'@'localhost') does not exist

then I tried to create user

mysql> create user 'mysql.infoschema'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

got below error:-

ERROR 1726 (HY000): Storage engine 'MyISAM' does not support system tables. [mysql.user]

to solve this issue I run mysqld --upgrade=FORCE but got error

[ERROR] [MY-010123] [Server] Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!

then I run mysqld --user=root it worked . but no any output message

still I could not list all databases or connect the mysql server using dbeaver-cs tool. All the sites are up and running without any issue.

mysql Ver 8.0.26 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution)

OS- centos

Shankar S Bavan
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    Is this a fresh install or did you do a migration ? – Ergest Basha Dec 09 '21 at 13:05
  • I set up the fresh server and imported all databases from another server . – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:09
  • It worked before import all databases. – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:10
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    The problem might be in the `mysql` database. You should not take any of `information_schema, mysql,sys and performance_schema` databases when you backing up the db. If the users are important you can insert it. Take a dump of `users` table of `mysql` database from the older server. Then copy the insert statement form the dump, `use mysql` on the fresh server database and insert it. If the fresh server is `MySQL 8+` and the older one is `5.xx` you will find missing columns just add it on the insert statement as empty columns – Ergest Basha Dec 09 '21 at 13:16
  • sure. I will try this and get back. Thanks – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:17
  • user table data already exists. only root user is there. – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:31
  • Duplicate entry 'localhost-root' for key 'user.PRIMARY' – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:31
  • old server mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.4.18-MariaDB – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:33
  • Yeah i forgot to mention that you might have maybe 4 default users on the fresh server. Those users you should remove from the insert statement – Ergest Basha Dec 09 '21 at 13:44
  • I got mysql.infoschema user data from another server and tried to insert. I got error Column count doesn't match value count at row 1 so, can I drop user table and insert? is that effect anything? – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 13:45
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    I mentioned in the second comment that you will have missing columns check the difference between both versions : https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/5dQT5QB5Ytwmujuy7p9EfX/0 Last 6 columns you should add on the insert. can I drop user table and insert? is that effect anything? don't do this you will have the same problem . – Ergest Basha Dec 09 '21 at 14:02
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    Great. Its Working now :) you saved my life @ErgestBasha – Shankar S Bavan Dec 09 '21 at 14:03

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Usually the problem might be in the mysql database when doing a migration or backup. You should not take any of information_schema, mysql,sys and performance_schema databases when you backing up the db.

If the users are important you can insert it. Take a dump of users table of mysql database from the older server.

You will find maybe 4 default users on the fresh server, those users you should remove from the insert statement. Then copy the insert statement form the dump, use mysql on the fresh server database and insert it.

If the fresh server is MySQL 8+ and the older one is 5.xx you will find missing columns just add it on the insert statement as empty columns. Last 6 columns you should add on the insert.

Mysql 8

mysql> desc user;
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+
| Field                    | Type                              | Null | Key | Default               | Extra |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+
| Host                     | char(255)                         | NO   | PRI |                       |       |
| User                     | char(32)                          | NO   | PRI |                       |       |
| Select_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Insert_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Update_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Delete_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Drop_priv                | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Reload_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Shutdown_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Process_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| File_priv                | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Grant_priv               | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| References_priv          | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Index_priv               | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Alter_priv               | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Show_db_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Super_priv               | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_tmp_table_priv    | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Lock_tables_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Execute_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Repl_slave_priv          | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Repl_client_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_view_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Show_view_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_routine_priv      | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Alter_routine_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_user_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Event_priv               | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Trigger_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_tablespace_priv   | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| ssl_type                 | enum('','ANY','X509','SPECIFIED') | NO   |     |                       |       |
| ssl_cipher               | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL                  |       |
| x509_issuer              | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL                  |       |
| x509_subject             | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL                  |       |
| max_questions            | int unsigned                      | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| max_updates              | int unsigned                      | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| max_connections          | int unsigned                      | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| max_user_connections     | int unsigned                      | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| plugin                   | char(64)                          | NO   |     | caching_sha2_password |       |
| authentication_string    | text                              | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| password_expired         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| password_last_changed    | timestamp                         | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| password_lifetime        | smallint unsigned                 | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| account_locked           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_role_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Drop_role_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Password_reuse_history   | smallint unsigned                 | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| Password_reuse_time      | smallint unsigned                 | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| Password_require_current | enum('N','Y')                     | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| User_attributes          | json                              | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+




Mysql 5.7

mysql> desc user;
+------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+
| Field                  | Type                              | Null | Key | Default               | Extra |
+------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+
| Host                   | char(60)                          | NO   | PRI |                       |       |
| User                   | char(32)                          | NO   | PRI |                       |       |
| Select_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Insert_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Update_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Delete_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Drop_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Reload_priv            | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Shutdown_priv          | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Process_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| File_priv              | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Grant_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| References_priv        | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Index_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Alter_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Show_db_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Super_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_tmp_table_priv  | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Lock_tables_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Execute_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Repl_slave_priv        | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Repl_client_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_view_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Show_view_priv         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_routine_priv    | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Alter_routine_priv     | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_user_priv       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Event_priv             | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Trigger_priv           | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| Create_tablespace_priv | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| ssl_type               | enum('','ANY','X509','SPECIFIED') | NO   |     |                       |       |
| ssl_cipher             | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL                  |       |
| x509_issuer            | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL                  |       |
| x509_subject           | blob                              | NO   |     | NULL                  |       |
| max_questions          | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| max_updates            | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| max_connections        | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| max_user_connections   | int(11) unsigned                  | NO   |     | 0                     |       |
| plugin                 | char(64)                          | NO   |     | mysql_native_password |       |
| authentication_string  | text                              | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| password_expired       | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
| password_last_changed  | timestamp                         | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| password_lifetime      | smallint(5) unsigned              | YES  |     | NULL                  |       |
| account_locked         | enum('N','Y')                     | NO   |     | N                     |       |
+------------------------+-----------------------------------+------+-----+-----------------------+-------+
45 rows in set (0.01 sec)
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