SHOW STATUS LIKE 'Ssl_cipher'; Variable_name Value Ssl_cipher SSL_CIPHER CREATE USER 'kristofer' IDENTIFIED WITH 'sha256_password'; ALTER USER 'kristofer' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret'; DROP USER 'kristofer'; CREATE USER 'kristofer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH 'sha256_password' BY '123'; ALTER USER 'kristofer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret2'; SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER(); USER() CURRENT_USER() kristofer@localhost kristofer@localhost SHOW GRANTS FOR 'kristofer'@'localhost'; Grants for kristofer@localhost GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO `kristofer`@`localhost` DROP USER 'kristofer'@'localhost'; CREATE USER 'kristofer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH 'sha256_password' BY '123'; ALTER USER 'kristofer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY ''; SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER(); USER() CURRENT_USER() kristofer@localhost kristofer@localhost SHOW GRANTS FOR 'kristofer'@'localhost'; Grants for kristofer@localhost GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO `kristofer`@`localhost` DROP USER 'kristofer'@'localhost'; CREATE USER 'kristofer'@'33.33.33.33' IDENTIFIED WITH 'sha256_password' BY '123'; ALTER USER 'kristofer'@'33.33.33.33' IDENTIFIED BY ''; Connection should fail for localhost ERROR 28000: Access denied for user 'kristofer'@'localhost' (using password: NO) DROP USER 'kristofer'@'33.33.33.33'; # # BUG#14807074 ALTER USER PASSWORD EXPIRE VS SHA256_PASSWORD # CREATE USER 'u1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH 'sha256_password'; ALTER USER 'u1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pass'; ALTER USER 'u1'@'localhost' PASSWORD EXPIRE; SELECT USER(); ERROR HY000: You must reset your password using ALTER USER statement before executing this statement. ALTER USER 'u1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pass2'; SELECT USER(); USER() u1@localhost DROP USER 'u1'@'localhost';