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Password Change Enforcement, Expiry and Quality Assurance On MySQL Server (Doc ID 1432824.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 5.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How can we implement advanced password management functionality within MySQL?

Functionality that is needed includes:
  • Password change enforcement upon first login. (Implemented now)
  • Password expiry after certain period, for example, 90 days. (Implemented in 5.7)
  • Password should contain minimum length of characters and should have both numeric and alphabetic.(Implemented in 5.6 using password validation plugin)
  • Password should not reuse recent passwords (Implemented in 8.0 in the history and reuse syntax in CREATE USER)


Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 Version 4.x
 5.0 and 5.1 Versions
 5.5 and 5.6 Versions
 Version 5.7
 Version 8.0
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