CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS u1@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'pw1'; SELECT plugin,authentication_string FROM mysql.user WHERE user='u1'; plugin authentication_string mysql_native_password *2B602296A79E0A8784ACC5C88D92E46588CCA3C3 CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS u1@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'pw2'; Warnings: Note 1973 Can't create user 'u1'@'localhost'; it already exists SELECT plugin,authentication_string FROM mysql.user WHERE user='u1'; plugin authentication_string mysql_native_password *2B602296A79E0A8784ACC5C88D92E46588CCA3C3 CREATE OR REPLACE USER u1@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'pw3'; SELECT plugin,authentication_string FROM mysql.user WHERE user='u1'; plugin authentication_string mysql_native_password *77B4A70CEFD76DB9415F36D291E74C110D2738E0 CREATE OR REPLACE USER IF NOT EXISTS u1@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'pw4'; ERROR HY000: Incorrect usage of OR REPLACE and IF NOT EXISTS SELECT plugin,authentication_string FROM mysql.user WHERE user='u1'; plugin authentication_string mysql_native_password *77B4A70CEFD76DB9415F36D291E74C110D2738E0 DROP USER IF EXISTS u1@localhost; DROP USER IF EXISTS u1@localhost; Warnings: Note 1974 Can't drop user 'u1'@'localhost'; it doesn't exist DROP USER u1@localhost; ERROR HY000: Operation DROP USER failed for 'u1'@'localhost' CREATE OR REPLACE USER u1@localhost; CREATE USER u1@localhost; ERROR HY000: Operation CREATE USER failed for 'u1'@'localhost' DROP USER u1@localhost; CREATE USER u1; CREATE USER u1, u2; ERROR HY000: Operation CREATE USER failed for 'u1'@'%' CREATE USER u2; ERROR HY000: Operation CREATE USER failed for 'u2'@'%' CREATE OR REPLACE USER u1 IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD 'password', u2; ERROR HY000: Password hash should be a 41-digit hexadecimal number CREATE OR REPLACE USER u1 IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD 'abcdefghijklmnop', u2; DROP USER u1; DROP USER IF EXISTS u1, u2; Warnings: Note 1974 Can't drop user 'u1'@'%'; it doesn't exist DROP USER u2; ERROR HY000: Operation DROP USER failed for 'u2'@'%'