How do I turn off the mysql password validation?

Question

It seems that I may have inadvertently loaded the password validation plugin in MySQL 5.7. This plugin seems to force all passwords to comply to certain rules.

I would l

Answer 1

I was having a problem on Ubuntu 18.04 on Mysql. When I needed to create a new user, the policy was always high.

The way I figured out how to disable, for future colleagues who come to investigate, was set to low.

Login to the mysql server as root

mysql -h localhost -u root -p

Set the new type of validation

SET GLOBAL validate_password_policy=0; //For Low

Restart mysql

sudo service mysql restart