ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for 'gitlab'@'localhost'
Created by: jansteinfeld
I could fix that problem with:
mysql> create user 'gitlab'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR gitlab@'localhost' = PASSWORD('yourPassword'); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)