How to create a six character password in MySQL 5.7

Question

I need to create a user with a six character password in new MySQL on my mac. I know that the lowest setting in 5.7 will allows only eight characters. Is there any way to go around that?

I type in CREATE USER 'newsier'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'special'

It outputs the error

ERROR 1819 (HY000): Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements

Answer 1

First you login with mysql -u root -p and check the current policy rules by:

# SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'validate_password%';
+--------------------------------------+--------+
| Variable_name                        | Value  |
+--------------------------------------+--------+
| validate_password_dictionary_file    |        |
| validate_password_length             | 5      |
| validate_password_mixed_case_count   | 1      |
| validate_password_number_count       | 1      |
| validate_password_policy             | MEDIUM |
| validate_password_special_char_count | 1      |
+--------------------------------------+--------+

Then you can change any of the above variables at your will:

# SET GLOBAL validate_password_length = 5;
# SET GLOBAL validate_password_number_count = 0;
# SET GLOBAL validate_password_mixed_case_count = 0;
# SET GLOBAL validate_password_special_char_count = 0;

Finally you can create a database and a user accessing it with a simpler password:

# CREATE DATABASE test1;
# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test1.* TO user1@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "pass1";
# FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

After that you can login with mysql -u user1 -p test1 using password pass1