Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded

Question

I am connecting MySQL - 8.0 with MySQL Workbench and getting the below error:

Authentication plugin \'caching_sha2_password\' cannot be loaded: dlop

Answer 1

Rolling back to the previous installations (to MySQL Community Server 5.7 and Workbench 6.1)and setting up new MySQL credentials worked for me!