Are Users 'User'@'%' and 'User'@'localhost' not the same?

Question

I created a user per the first command but cannot logon via localhost (linux). This link mysqldoc indicates that I need to create a second user by the same name, but usin

Answer 1

Basically yes, those are two different users with (possibly) different permissions and (possibly) different passwords.

• myuser@% : User myuser, connecting from any host.
• myuser@localhost : User myuser, connecting from localhost only.

A good read is the MySQL manual about connection access, it demonstrates how it works.