Complimenting the expanded CREATE USER syntax introduced in MySQL Server 5.7.6 is more useful ALTER USER syntax. Before MySQL Server 5.7.6, ALTER USER could only be used to expire a user’s password. That’s pretty limited. With changes made in MySQL Server 5.7.6, a better distinction is made between privilege-level attributes (those which are managed via GRANT and REVOKE statements) and account-level attributes (those managed using CREATE USER and ALTER USER statements).…