There are times when you are stuck adding MySQL users via command line if this is one you are in luck.
On the machine MySQL is installed on run the following command. NOTE: there is no space between -p and ‘password’ and that ‘password’ is your password for root or the user you specify after -u.
This how to is probably muscle memory to most folks, that’s why i say “Please Don’t Laugh”. However it is important to cover since several future articles will start with the assumption that MySQL is already installed.
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