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A.2.4 Password Fails When Entered Interactively
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MySQL client programs prompt for a password when invoked with a
`--password' or `-p' option that has no following password value:
shell> mysql -u USER_NAME -p
Enter password:
On some systems, you may find that your password works when specified
in an option file or on the command line, but not when you enter it
interactively at the `Enter password:' prompt. This occurs when the
library provided by the system to read passwords limits password values
to a small number of characters (typically eight). That is a problem
with the system library, not with MySQL. To work around it, change your
MySQL password to a value that is eight or fewer characters long, or
put your password in an option file.
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