Insufficient Permissions During Data Export Using mysqldump

Scenario

When you export database data with mysqldump using a specified user account, the error message "Access denied; you need (at least one of) the PROCESS privilege(s)" is displayed.

Possible Causes

The user account does not have the PROCESS permission.

Solution

Grant the PROCESS permission to the user account as the administrator.

GRANT SELECT, PROCESS ON *.* TO 'dump_user'@'%';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;