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 aro

Answer 1

I believe you can get round it by using a pre hashed password like this :-

CREATE USER 'newsier'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password
       AS '*0D3CED9BEC10A777AEC23CCC353A8C08A633045E';

But that does mean you need to hash special correctly before this will actually set a password that you can then use the plain text version of.