Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements

Question

I want to create a new user in mysql with syntax:

create user \'demo\'@\'localhost\' identified by \'password\';

But it returns an error: <

Answer 1

NOTE: This might not be a secure solution. But if you are working on a test environment, just need a quick fix and doesn't even care about the security settings. This is a quick solution.

The same issue happened to me when I ran "mysql_secure_installation" and modified password security level to 'medium'.

I bypassed the error by running the followings:

mysql -h localhost -u root -p
mysql>uninstall plugin validate_password;

make sure you reinstall the plugin "validate_password" if necessary.