| Bug #75928 | Set password syntax not accepted | ||
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| Submitted: | 17 Feb 2015 9:42 | Modified: | 18 Feb 2015 5:54 |
| Reporter: | Daniël van Eeden (OCA) | Email Updates: | |
| Status: | Duplicate | Impact on me: | |
| Category: | MySQL Server: Security: Privileges | Severity: | S2 (Serious) |
| Version: | 5.7.6-m16 | OS: | Any |
| Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any | |
| Tags: | regression | ||
[18 Feb 2015 5:54]
MySQL Verification Team
Hello Daniël, Thank you for the report. This is duplicate of Bug #75927 Currently SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD () is removed as syntax and Bug #75927 confirms that it should throw a deprecation warning instead of the SQL syntax error. Thanks, Umesh

Description: This syntax (copied from the manual) is not accepted by the server: SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('cleartext password'); How to repeat: mysql [localhost] {root} (mysql) > SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('cleartext password'); ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'PASSWORD('cleartext password')' at line 1 mysql [localhost] {root} (mysql) > SELECT PASSWORD('cleartext password'); +-------------------------------------------+ | PASSWORD('cleartext password') | +-------------------------------------------+ | *7F748B224136BAF824D3FF63F0C5B18BB93CFA8B | +-------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql [localhost] {root} (mysql) > SET PASSWORD = '*7F748B224136BAF824D3FF63F0C5B18BB93CFA8B'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql [localhost] {root} (mysql) > SELECT @@default_authentication_plugin, @@old_passwords\G *************************** 1. row *************************** @@default_authentication_plugin: mysql_native_password @@old_passwords: 0 1 row in set (0.00 sec)