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

This error message has nothing to do with the stored password in your table. It also occures if you type (on SQL console)

"select password('123456789')"

or if

"select password('A123456789')"

or if

"select password('A!123456789')"

If you type

"select password('A!a123456789')"

then it will work. Just use big + small letters, special chars and numbers to create your password.

You can disable these checks in my.cnf, but then you will have a security risk!

in [mysqld] add:

validate_password_policy=LOW
validate_password_special_char_count=0
validate_password_length=0
validate_password_mixed_case_count=0
validate_password_number_count=0