grant '' to foo@localhost; ERROR OP000: Invalid role specification `` create user ''@localhost; create role r1; grant r1 to ''@localhost; connect con1,localhost,nonexisting_user,,; select current_user; current_user @localhost show grants; Grants for @localhost GRANT 'r1' TO ''@'localhost' GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO ''@'localhost' connection default; drop role r1; drop user ''@localhost;