MYSQL ERROR 2049 (HY000): Connection using old (pre-4.1.1) authentication protocol ref used (client option 'secure_auth' enabled)

Question

when I tried to restore all database dump which is in 5.0 version to 5.6 version, it got restored and after that when I tried to reconnect, am getting the following error

Answer 1

Best thing to do is to reset your user password to the new hashing algorithm

With workbench: http://blogs.technicise.com/change-root-password-in-mysql-workbench/

Command line: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mysql-change-root-password/