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MySQL 8 User creation and grant privileges

Environment MySQL Version: 8.0.21 OS: CentOS 7 Minimal install 64bit MySQL User MySQL user can be created using by the following command in MySQL console CREATE USER 'user1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password1'; If the application connects to MySQL service from a specific IP address application server IP address can be specified in create user statement. CREATE USER 'user1'@'192.168.1.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'password1'; If MySQL needs to connect from different sources using a single username and password. Wildcard(%) can be used instead of an IP address. CREATE USER 'user1'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password1'; % is a wildcard - It can be used as  '%.domain.com' or '%.123.123.123'  To grant privileges to a database, the user must create a database.  Following command granting privileges to a database with name 'school' GRANT ALL ON school.* TO 'user1'@'192.168.1.1'; For localhost connect...