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 A.2.4 Password Fails When Entered Interactively
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 MySQL client programs prompt for a password when invoked with a
 `--password' or `-p' option that has no following password value:
 
      shell> mysql -u USER_NAME -p
      Enter password:
 
 On some systems, you may find that your password works when specified
 in an option file or on the command line, but not when you enter it
 interactively at the `Enter password:' prompt. This occurs when the
 library provided by the system to read passwords limits password values
 to a small number of characters (typically eight).  That is a problem
 with the system library, not with MySQL. To work around it, change your
 MySQL password to a value that is eight or fewer characters long, or
 put your password in an option file.
 

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