[error] [mysql] 1251 - Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server

[error] [mysql] 1251 - Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server

客户端使用navicat for mysql。本地安装了mysql 8.0。但是在链接的时候提示：

1251 - Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client

主要原因是mysql服务器要求的认证插件版本与客户端不一致造成的。

打开mysql命令行输入如下命令查看，系统用户对应的认证插件：

select user, plugin from mysql.user;

可以看到root用户使用的plugin是caching_sha2_password，mysql官方网站有如下说明：

Important

The caching_sha2_password authentication plugin on the server requires new versions of connectors and clients, which add support for the new MySQL 8.0 default authentication.