How do I create a MySQL user and grant them permission to a certain database?

In Telnet/Shell type: "mysql

This will load the mysql command line. Next type: 

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON [database].* TO [username]@[domain] IDENTIFIED BY '[password]'; 

(where "[database]" is the database you created earlier, [username] is the mysql username you want, [domain] is the domain you'll be connecting from (usually 'localhost') and [password] is the password you'd like to use. Be sure it's enclosed in 's. 

For example: 
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydatabase.* TO bob@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'fruitfly';

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