create role r1; create role r2; create role r3; create user u1; grant r2 to r1; grant r3 to r2; grant r1 to u1; show grants for u1; Grants for u1@% GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'u1'@'%' GRANT r1 TO 'u1'@'%' show grants for r1; Grants for r1 GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r1' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r2' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r3' GRANT r2 TO 'r1' GRANT r3 TO 'r2' grant SELECT on *.* to u1; grant INSERT on mysql.* to r1; grant DELETE on mysql.roles_mapping to r2; grant UPDATE on mysql.user to r3; create function mysql.test_func (s CHAR(20)) returns CHAR(50) DETERMINISTIC return concat('Test string: ',s); create procedure mysql.test_proc (OUT param1 INT) begin select COUNT(*) into param1 from mysql.roles_mapping; end| grant execute on function mysql.test_func to r2; grant execute on procedure mysql.test_proc to r3; revoke execute on procedure mysql.test_proc from r2; ERROR 42000: There is no such grant defined for user 'r2' on host '' on routine 'test_proc' show grants for r1; Grants for r1 GRANT DELETE ON `mysql`.`roles_mapping` TO 'r2' GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION `mysql`.`test_func` TO 'r2' GRANT EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE `mysql`.`test_proc` TO 'r3' GRANT INSERT ON `mysql`.* TO 'r1' GRANT UPDATE ON `mysql`.`user` TO 'r3' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r1' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r2' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r3' GRANT r2 TO 'r1' GRANT r3 TO 'r2' show grants for r2; Grants for r2 GRANT DELETE ON `mysql`.`roles_mapping` TO 'r2' GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION `mysql`.`test_func` TO 'r2' GRANT EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE `mysql`.`test_proc` TO 'r3' GRANT UPDATE ON `mysql`.`user` TO 'r3' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r2' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r3' GRANT r3 TO 'r2' show grants for r3; Grants for r3 GRANT EXECUTE ON PROCEDURE `mysql`.`test_proc` TO 'r3' GRANT UPDATE ON `mysql`.`user` TO 'r3' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r3' drop function mysql.test_func; drop procedure mysql.test_proc; create function mysql.test_func (s CHAR(20)) returns CHAR(50) DETERMINISTIC return concat('Test string: ',s); show grants for r2; Grants for r2 GRANT DELETE ON `mysql`.`roles_mapping` TO 'r2' GRANT UPDATE ON `mysql`.`user` TO 'r3' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r2' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'r3' GRANT r3 TO 'r2' connect u1,localhost,u1,,; select mysql.test_func("none"); ERROR 42000: execute command denied to user 'u1'@'%' for routine 'mysql.test_func' set role r1; select mysql.test_func("r1"); ERROR 42000: execute command denied to user 'u1'@'%' for routine 'mysql.test_func' connection default; drop function mysql.test_func; drop role r1, r2, r3; drop user u1;