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MariaDBERRORNotableAccess ControlHIGH confidence

Dynamic privilege does not exist for this user

Production Risk

Low — REVOKE fails; user privileges are unchanged.

How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
REVOKE BACKUP_ADMIN ON *.* FROM 'user'@'%'; -- user does not have BACKUP_ADMIN

expected output

ERROR 3641 (HY000): Dynamic privilege 'BACKUP_ADMIN' does not exist for user 'user'@'%'.

Fix

Check grants before revoking

Check grants before revoking
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'user'@'%';
-- Only REVOKE privileges confirmed in SHOW GRANTS output

Why this works

Prevents erroneous REVOKE attempts on privileges the user does not hold.

What not to do

Version notes

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 3641 ER_USER_PRIVILEGE_DOESNT_EXIST

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