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+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Vitess Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/cmd/vtctldclient/cli"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/topo/topoproto"
+
+	vtctldatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/vtctldata"
+)
+
+var (
+	// GetPermissions makes a GetPermissions gRPC call to a vtctld.
+	GetPermissions = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                   "GetPermissions <tablet_alias>",
+		Short:                 "Displays the permissions for a tablet.",
+		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
+		Args:                  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE:                  commandGetPermissions,
+	}
+	// ValidatePermissionsShard makes a ValidatePermissionsKeyspace gRPC call to a
+	// vtctld with the specified shard to examine in the keyspace.
+	ValidatePermissionsShard = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                   "ValidatePermissionsShard <keyspace/shard>",
+		Short:                 "Validates that the permissions on the primary match all of the replicas.",
+		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
+		Args:                  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE:                  commandValidatePermissionsShard,
+	}
+	// ValidatePermissionsKeyspace makes a ValidatePermissionsKeyspace gRPC call to a
+	// vtctld.
+	ValidatePermissionsKeyspace = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                   "ValidatePermissionsKeyspace <keyspace name>",
+		Short:                 "Validates that the permissions on the primary of the first shard match those of all of the other tablets in the keyspace.",
+		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
+		Args:                  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE:                  commandValidatePermissionsKeyspace,
+	}
+)
+
+func commandGetPermissions(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	alias, err := topoproto.ParseTabletAlias(cmd.Flags().Arg(0))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cli.FinishedParsing(cmd)
+
+	resp, err := client.GetPermissions(commandCtx, &vtctldatapb.GetPermissionsRequest{
+		TabletAlias: alias,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Obfuscate the checksum so as not to potentially display sensitive info.
+	if resp != nil && resp.Permissions != nil {
+		for _, up := range resp.Permissions.UserPermissions {
+			if up != nil {
+				up.PasswordChecksum = 0
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	cli.DefaultMarshalOptions.EmitUnpopulated = false
+	p, err := cli.MarshalJSON(resp.Permissions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%s\n", p)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func commandValidatePermissionsKeyspace(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	keyspace := cmd.Flags().Arg(0)
+
+	cli.FinishedParsing(cmd)
+
+	_, err := client.ValidatePermissionsKeyspace(commandCtx, &vtctldatapb.ValidatePermissionsKeyspaceRequest{
+		Keyspace: keyspace,
+	})
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func commandValidatePermissionsShard(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	keyspace, shard, err := topoproto.ParseKeyspaceShard(cmd.Flags().Arg(0))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cli.FinishedParsing(cmd)
+
+	_, err = client.ValidatePermissionsKeyspace(commandCtx, &vtctldatapb.ValidatePermissionsKeyspaceRequest{
+		Keyspace: keyspace,
+		Shards:   []string{shard},
+	})
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Root.AddCommand(GetPermissions)
+	Root.AddCommand(ValidatePermissionsKeyspace)
+	Root.AddCommand(ValidatePermissionsShard)
+}