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

Actually MySql allows two type of authentication at the time of installation.

1. Password Encryption
2. Legacy Encryption

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So by checking legacy authentication the issue was resolved.