identified with 'sha256_password' by 'password'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> create user kubo2 identified with 'sha256_password' by 'password'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> select Host,User,plugin,SUBSTR(HEX(authentication_string), -10) from mysql.user where User in ('kubo1','kubo2'); +------+-------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Host | User | plugin | SUBSTR(HEX(authentication_string), -10) | +------+-------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | % | kubo1 | sha256_password | 736D4A6132 | | % | kubo2 | sha256_password | 7631786841 | +------+-------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+