Re^5: plugin 'mysql_old_password' cannot be loaded

if I had to ask my DB Admin.

Ask what the length is of the string in the user.password field

SELECT LENGTH(PASSWORD) FROM USER 
WHERE USER = 'yourusername'

poj

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Re^6: plugin 'mysql_old_password' cannot be loaded by frazap (Monk) on Feb 20, 2019 at 15:46 UTC
Result: 16	[reply]
Re^7: plugin 'mysql_old_password' cannot be loaded by poj (Abbot) on Feb 21, 2019 at 08:03 UTC
Ok, looks like server has been upgraded from a pre 4.1 version. Run this query to check if server is running with old_passwords=1 `SELECT PASSWORD('anyword');` The result should be either 1483f47e284cee10 or *DEFC3C96B99362885AD525B7AD2A5F02EED43E57 poj	[reply] [d/l]
Re^8: plugin 'mysql_old_password' cannot be loaded by frazap (Monk) on Feb 21, 2019 at 10:49 UTC
Result: *DEFC3C96B99362885AD525B7AD2A5F02EED43E57 F	[reply]
Re^9: plugin 'mysql_old_password' cannot be loaded by poj (Abbot) on Feb 21, 2019 at 12:51 UTC
Re^10: plugin 'mysql_old_password' cannot be loaded by frazap (Monk) on Feb 21, 2019 at 13:46 UTC
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