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Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MySQL’s password policy level, defined by the\u00a0“validate_password_policy”\u00a0system variable, enforces constraints on new passwords to ensure they are secure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites<\/strong>
1. A sudo privileged user to SSH the server
2. Mysql root password<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MySQL’s password policy has three levels: LOW, MEDIUM, and STRONG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOW<\/strong>: Tests password length only, requiring passwords to be at least 8 characters long<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEDIUM<\/strong>: Adds the conditions that passwords must contain at least one numeric character, one lowercase character, one uppercase character, and one special (nonalphanumeric) character<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STRONG<\/strong>: \u00a0At least 12 characters long but 14 or more is better. A combination of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Not a word that can be found in a dictionary or the name of a person, character, product, or organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/strong>: SSH the server where the MySQL password policy level needs to change<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ ssh username@IP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2<\/strong>: Log in to the Mysql with root access<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ mysql -u root -p<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3<\/strong>: Execute query to check the current setting of “validate_password”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

> > SHOW VARIABLES LIKE<\/code> 'validate_password%';<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 4<\/strong>: Execute the below query to change the password policy from Medium to Low<\/p>\n\n\n\n

> > SET<\/code> GLOBAL<\/code> validate_password_policy=LOW;<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 5<\/strong>: Restart the MySQL service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ systemctl restart mysql<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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