I just installed mysql on mac from Homebrew
brew install mysql mysql -V mysql Ver 8.0.11 for osx10.13 on x86_64 (Homebrew)
from terminal it works and I can login to mysql but from Sequel Pro it says
Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1, or the request timed out. Be sure that the address is correct and that you have the necessary privileges, or try increasing the connection timeout (currently 10 seconds). MySQL said: Authentication plugin ‘caching_sha2_password’ cannot be loaded: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2): image not found
Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1, or the request timed out.
Be sure that the address is correct and that you have the necessary privileges, or try increasing the connection timeout (currently 10 seconds).
MySQL said: Authentication plugin ‘caching_sha2_password’ cannot be loaded: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2): image not found
can’t figure out what I am missing
This is because Sequel Pro is not ready yet for a new kind of user login, as the error states: there is no driver. Quick fix for non-homebrew installs:
Apple Logo > System Preferences > MySQL > Initialize Database, then type your new password and select ‘Use legacy password’
Apple Logo > System Preferences > MySQL > Initialize Database
After restart you should be able to connect. Do it only on fresh installs, because you may lost your db tables otherwise.
Basically you will have to perform some actions manually, however- your database data won’t be deleted like in solution above
[mysqld]
default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
mysql -u root -p
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '[password]';
exit
brew services restart mysql
Should work.
The my.cnf file is located in /etc/my.cnf on Unix/Linux