MySQL unknown column 'password_last_changed'

Question

When creating a user using this command:

create user \'foo\'@localhost\';

this error is shown:

ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unkno

Answer 1

Apparently you upgraded your MySQL to 5.7 from an earlier version.

Column 'password_last_changed' used to exist in MySQL <5.7, but was removed since 5.7

If this is the case, you have to run 'mysql_upgrade' script to migrate some tables from the old version to the new one.

run

mysql_upgrade -u root -p

and enter your root password.

then you should have your problem solved