DESC USER

Introduced or updated: v1.2.644

Displays detailed information about a specific SQL user, including authentication type, roles, network policy, password policy, and other user-related settings.

Syntax

DESC[RIBE] USER <username>

Examples

CREATE NETWORK POLICY my_network_policy ALLOWED_IP_LIST=('192.168.100.0/24');

CREATE PASSWORD POLICY my_password_policy
    PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH = 12
    PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH = 24
    PASSWORD_MIN_UPPER_CASE_CHARS = 2
    PASSWORD_MIN_LOWER_CASE_CHARS = 2
    PASSWORD_MIN_NUMERIC_CHARS = 2
    PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS = 2
    PASSWORD_MIN_AGE_DAYS = 1
    PASSWORD_MAX_AGE_DAYS = 30
    PASSWORD_MAX_RETRIES = 3
    PASSWORD_LOCKOUT_TIME_MINS = 30
    PASSWORD_HISTORY = 5
    COMMENT = 'test comment';

CREATE USER eric IDENTIFIED BY '123ABCabc$$123' WITH SET PASSWORD POLICY='my_password_policy', SET NETWORK POLICY='my_network_policy';

DESC USER eric;

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  name  │ hostname │       auth_type      │ default_role │  roles │ disabled │   network_policy  │   password_policy  │ must_change_password │
├────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ eric   │ %        │ double_sha1_password │              │        │ false    │ my_network_policy │ my_password_policy │ NULL                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘