MySQL Bugs: #116384: Missing Authentication Plugin

Bug #116384	Missing Authentication Plugin
Submitted:	17 Oct 2024 1:20	Modified:	17 Oct 2024 6:03
Reporter:	Azzim Zuhair Zamri	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	8.0.40	OS:	Windows (Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	authentication failure, WBBugReporter

Description:
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I am unable to login to My Company's MySQL Server because of "authentication plugin '' cannot be loaded. The specified module cannot be found" . I have reinstalled using installer many times, the error still doesn't go away. I couldn't find any solution on Web.

How to repeat:
Just login to any server, and this error, "authentication plugin '' cannot be loaded. The specified module cannot be found" will pops out every time.

Suggested fix:
I am not 100% what is the issue, but from my POV, it seems like the Installer forgets to install an authentication plugin which causes this issue. Perhaps, make the installer don't forget to install the authentication plugin so that this issue won't happen anymore after plugin reinstallation. Also if you have a quick fix, or other way to solve this, do let me know.

Hello Azzim Zuhair Zamri,

Thank you for the report and feedback.
IMHO this is duplicate of Bug #116377, please see Bug #116377.

regards,
Umesh