create user foo@localhost; select user,host,password from mysql.user where user='foo'; User Host Password foo localhost select user,host,password,plugin,authentication_string from mysql.user where user='foo'; User Host Password plugin authentication_string foo localhost *94BDCEBE19083CE2A1F959FD02F964C7AF4CFC29 mysql_native_password *94BDCEBE19083CE2A1F959FD02F964C7AF4CFC29 drop user foo@localhost;