mysql: cannot create user after delete the user with phpmyadmin

Question

I was trying to create a mysql user with:

$ mysql5 -u root -p
$ [enter password]
$ create user 'name'@'localhost' indentified by '123456';

Then I accidentally deleted the user while using phpMyAdmin.

So I came back to terminal to create the user again with the lines above. Then it gives me an error:

ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for 'name'@'localhost'

How do I fix this? I need to create the user with the same name and password.

Thanks in advance,

Milo

Answer 1

It's very hard to see the issue here without some testing, but you may want to try:

flush privileges;