#4764 failed to create SQL user ubuntgu 16.04 LTS

[Shane Hartman]

Try to create a SQL user with password on server localhost with Required Certificate Type none and SSL Cipher Type empty string. Get this error

Failed to save user : SQL insert into user (host, user, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv, Create_priv, Drop_priv, Reload_priv, Shutdown_priv, Process_priv, File_priv, Grant_priv, References_priv, Index_priv, Alter_priv, Show_db_priv, Super_priv, Create_tmp_table_priv, Lock_tables_priv, Execute_priv, Repl_slave_priv, Repl_client_priv, Create_view_priv, Show_view_priv, Create_routine_priv, Alter_routine_priv, Create_user_priv, Event_priv, Trigger_priv, Create_tablespace_priv, ssl_type, ssl_cipher, x509_issuer, x509_subject, authentication_string) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) failed : Column 'ssl_type' cannot be null

[Jamie Cameron]

Ok, I see the bug that causes this. The work-around is to run :

apt-get -y -f install libdbd-mysql-perl

[Jamie Cameron]

The next release will fix it properly.