How to create a six character password in MySQL 5.7

Question

I need to create a user with a six character password in new MySQL on my mac. I know that the lowest setting in 5.7 will allows only eight characters. Is there any way to go aro

Answer 1

You are using the password validation plugin. By default it only allows 8 characters and longer passwords. Because it can't check the value of a hash, @RiggsFolly is correct that pre-hashing the password will work.

However, if you want to change the options, you'll need to set the value of the validate_password_length system variable. You can do this in the configuration file or:

SET GLOBAL validate_password_length=6;