Cannot log in with created user in mysql

Question

Using this command

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to \'brian\'@\'%\' identified by \'password\';

I try to login with:

 mysql -         


        

Answer 1

You can also connect from another host and then the localhost anonymous user is bypassed and you can remove it and flush privileges:

mysql -u brian -ppassword -h 'other_host_than_localhost'