Bug #70743 Instruction for pam authentication plugin should enable cleartext plugin
Submitted: 27 Oct 2013 19:36 Modified: 31 Oct 2013 14:22
Reporter: Daniël van Eeden (OCA) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.6 OS:Any
Assigned to: Paul DuBois CPU Architecture:Any

[27 Oct 2013 19:36] Daniël van Eeden 
Description:
Page: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/pam-authentication-plugin.html

"4. Try to connect to the MySQL server using the mysql command-line client. For example:

mysql --user=antonio --password=verysecret mydb"

This will result in:
ERROR 2059 (HY000): Authentication plugin 'mysql_clear_password' cannot be loaded: plugin not enabled

How to repeat:
Follow instructions

Suggested fix:
Add "--enable-cleartext-plugin"
[28 Oct 2013 7:13] MySQL Verification Team 
Hello Daniel,

Thank you for the bug report.
Verified as described.

Thanks,
Umesh
[31 Oct 2013 14:22] Paul DuBois 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.