MySQL Bugs: #52826: Connection manager should not ask for a password for a connection if none is set

Bug #52826	Connection manager should not ask for a password for a connection if none is set
Submitted:	14 Apr 2010 14:42	Modified:	1 Sep 2010 12:43
Reporter:	Mike Lischke	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.2.18	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Alfredo Kojima	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When connecting to a MySQL server either in WQE or in WBA with an account that has no password set the user is still asked for a password, even though a simple click on OK will do it. That is highly annoying if you have to reconnect often (though not for the regular folks).

How to repeat:
Have an account without password and try to connect to it.

Suggested fix:
The general workflow should be:

1) Try to open the connection with the credentials the manager has currently.
2) If that fails, ask for password.
3) If that again fails, stop connection attempt.

For point 1 it means the connection manager asks the pw manager for a password (if there is no key file, or if there is one but encrypted). The manager can return an empty PW, which is perfectly fine if I did not set one. Otherwise I'm asked anyway.

Many thanks for a reasonable feature request.

fixed

this has been fixed in 5.2.26

An entry has been added to the 5.2.26 changelog:

When connecting to a server, MySQL Workbench prompted for a password, even if one had not been set for that account.