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since Mysql version 8.0 the default values has been changed from mysql_native_password to caching_sha2_password
-this needs to be reverted in the cnf file
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for my installation /etc/mysql/my.cnf is a symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/my.cnf which is a symbolic link to /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
-so we need to edit the file /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
-add the following at the end of the file
---[mysqld]
-default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password
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the group [mysqld] is for the server, for the client the group is [mysql]
-(info http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html -
-- https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html )
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possible places of the cnf file
-the directory /var/www is where Apache2 expects to have the websites (in Ubuntu, Debian flavors)
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