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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
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[d/l]
      Result: *DEFC3C96B99362885AD525B7AD2A5F02EED43E57

      F

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        That's good, if your password field in the user table is char(41) ( get DBA to run 'describe myslq.user' query ) then Scenario 3 at bottom of this document suggests that resetting the password will create a long password hash. That should be more compatible with the later MySQL libraries.

        Be AWARE of the effect on pre-4.1 clients though.
        In scenario 3, accounts with short hashes become inaccessible to pre-4.1 clients if you change their passwords without explicitly using OLD_PASSWORD().

        poj
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