Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded

Question

I am connecting MySQL - 8.0 with MySQL Workbench and getting the below error:

Authentication plugin \'caching_sha2_password\' cannot be loaded: dlop

Answer 1

Although this shouldn't be a real solution, it does work locally if you are stuck

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '';