MySQL 8 create new user with password not working

Question

I am using MySQL for several years and the command for the creating the new user till the MySQL 5.x version is as follow:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO \'userna         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

use mysql;
CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'username'@'localhost';
flush privileges;