3600
MySQLERRORNotableAccess ControlHIGH confidence
Partial revoke not supported with GRANT OPTION
Production Risk
Low — The REVOKE fails; no privilege change occurs.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'user'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION; REVOKE SELECT ON restricted_db.* FROM 'user'@'%';
expected output
ERROR 3600 (HY000): Partial revoke is not supported with GRANT OPTION.
Fix
Remove GRANT OPTION first
Remove GRANT OPTION first
REVOKE GRANT OPTION ON *.* FROM 'user'@'%'; REVOKE SELECT ON restricted_db.* FROM 'user'@'%';
Why this works
Strips GRANT OPTION before applying the partial revoke.
What not to do
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Version notes
Sources
Official documentation ↗
MySQL 8.0 — 3600 ER_PARTIAL_REVOKE_NOT_SUPPORTED_WITH_GRANT_OPTION
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