# To connect to a database
mysql -h localhost -u root -p

# To backup all databases
mysqldump --all-databases --all-routines -u root -p > ~/fulldump.sql

# To restore all databases
mysql -u root -p  < ~/fulldump.sql

# To create a database in utf8 charset
CREATE DATABASE owa CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

# To add a user and give rights on the given database
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database.* TO 'user'@'localhost'IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;