I've tried to connect to the latest MySQL server 8.0.11 from MySQL workbench, but the error keeps popping up: Cannot connect to MySQL server, authentication plugin: caching_sha2_password: the specified module could not be found.
I tried looking at MySQL server installation videos online and replicated every step accurately, but the error persists.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
See:
Changes in MySQL Workbench 8.0.11 (2018-04-19, Release Candidate)
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- MySQL Workbench now supports the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin introduced in MySQL 8.0 (see Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication). A user account can be reset to use the other available authentication types for making a connection.
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I had the following solution: change my.ini in a [mysqld] section like this:
#default_authentication_plugin=caching_sha2_password (comment line!) default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password (new line) Connect to your MySQL under root in a command line client and execute:
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'xxx'; Where xxx is your current password.
After poking around I actually found a way to solve it:
During the configuration, when you reach the authentication method choose the Legacy Authentication Method.
It worked for me~!