In this series, we'll explore how to perform common user administration tasks from within Navicat.

For DBAs who prefer something a little more sophisticated, Navicat for MySQL and Premium includes everything you need to manage your MySQL users so that you don't ever have to launch a separate command window. You can use it to check the server's configuration and current status, to create and drop databases, and more. MySQL ships with the mysqladmin command-line client for performing administrative operations. Coordinating how users in your organization access your database typically entails many separate tasks, from adding new users, blocking access to users who have left the organization, and helping users who cannot log in. Managing the users of a database is one of the key responsibilities of the database administrator (DBA). By Robert Gravelle Part 1: Securing the Root Account