You must set password before executing this statement

Today I install the MySQL 5.6, when I login with the root, get an error message:

ERROR 1820 (HY000): You must SET PASSWORD before executing this statement

so check with the MySQL official document, must re-set the password, funny.

 

[root@CentOS ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
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Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.6.11

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mysql> show databases;
ERROR 1820 (HY000): You must SET PASSWORD before executing this statement
mysql> set password=PASSWORD('1234');
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

 

now  it's working

mysql> show databases;
ERROR 1820 (HY000): You must SET PASSWORD before executing this statement
mysql> set password=PASSWORD('qwerty1234');
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| test               |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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