title: Access denied for user while executing the GRANT command in MySQL workbench
body: <p>grant select ON <em>.</em> TO 'username'@'%' with GRANT OPTION;
  grant select ON <em>.</em> TO 'username'@'IPaddress' with GRANT OPTION;</p>
  
  <p>All the above statements errors out with the Error Code: 1044. Access denied for user 'user'@'IPAddress' to database</p>
  
  <p>FYI I am logged in as a user with all the permissions -- 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <em>.</em> '</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>With the current user I am able to perform all operation , but I want to add more users.</li>
  </ol>