MySQL; Unable to create users... (this is a new one)

[Muuss]

i think you're mixing some things :

the accounts you add in the account table of your eq database won't allow you to log into mysql. They will allow you to log into your EQ server with minilogin.

the accounts that will permit a mysql login are in the table 'user' of the 'mysql' database. (the 'root' u're using is one of them).

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for the grant all privileges, you might just do a

USE eq;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to '%'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '%';

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for the #1249 error, what version of mysql are u running ? have you modified some parameters in your mysql config ?