# READ Only user

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/read-only-user/5615>\
**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.7\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/read-only-user/5615 "2017-05-17T11:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![lflacayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lflacayo](https://forums.percona.com/u/lflacayo)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/read-only-user/5615/1 "2017-05-17T11:43:47Z")

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Hello, Im testing the creation of a read only user. I have created the user ‘r-db01’ with select permissions only. In previous version of Mysql 5.5 if I connected as the ready only user, and I did “show databases;” it would only allow me to see the granted database and information\_schema.

I am testing this read only user on the new 5.7 install and when I do a “show databases” as the read only user I created, I see all the databases. Did something change? Is there a new way of achieving this with 5.7?

thank you in advance.