what are the minimum mysql user privileges to allow optimize and repair

Question

I need to optimize and repair all databases from a daily cron job and I don't want to use the root password so I want to create a user with the minimum privileges necessary. I cannot find this documented anywhere. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Both require SELECT and INSERT:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/optimize-table.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/repair-table.html