Description:
The new variable introduced with the password verification plugin, validate_password_policy_number, is named such that it suggests that it expects a numeric value. While it can accept numeric values, the most common usage (and the way it is helpfully reported) uses English symbolic equivalents:
mysql> SET GLOBAL validate_password_policy_number = 1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT @@global.validate_password_policy_number;
+------------------------------------------+
| @@global.validate_password_policy_number |
+------------------------------------------+
| MEDIUM |
+------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SET GLOBAL validate_password_policy_number = 0;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT @@global.validate_password_policy_number;
+------------------------------------------+
| @@global.validate_password_policy_number |
+------------------------------------------+
| LOW |
+------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
How to repeat:
See above.
Suggested fix:
Change the variable name to something like, "validate_password_policy".
