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Added note to manual that usernames in GRANT don't allow wildcards.

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@ -15941,14 +15941,19 @@ You can specify wild cards in the hostname. For example,
for any host in the @code{144.155.166} class C subnet.
The simple form @code{user} is a synonym for @code{user@@"%"}.
MySQL doesn't support wildcards in user names. Anonymous users are
defined by inserting entries with @code{User=''} into the
@code{mysql.user} table or creating an user with an empty name with the
@code{GRANT} command.
@strong{Note:} If you allow anonymous users to connect to the MySQL
server (which is the default), you should also add all local users as
@code{user@@localhost} because otherwise the anonymous user entry for the
local host in the @code{mysql.user} table will be used when the user tries to
log into the MySQL server from the local machine! Anonymous users
are defined by inserting entries with @code{User=''} into the
@code{mysql.user} table. You can verify if this applies to you by executing
this query:
server, you should also grant privileges to all local users as
@code{user@@localhost} because otherwise the anonymous user entry for
the local host in the @code{mysql.user} table will be used when the user
tries to log into the MySQL server from the local machine!
You can verify if this applies to you by executing this query:
@example
mysql> SELECT Host,User FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';