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    Bug #57689: mysql_change_user() breaks user connection on older clients · ef7982fd
    Georgi Kodinov authored
    COM_CHANGE_USER was always handled like an implicit request to change the
    client plugin, so that the client can re-use the same code path for both normal 
    login and COM_CHANGE_USER. However this doesn't really work well with old 
    clients because they don't understand the request to change a client plugin.
    
    Fixed by implementing a special state in the code (and old client issuing 
    COM_CHANGE_USER). In this state the server parses the COM_CHANGE_USER 
    package and pushes back the password hash, the user name and the database 
    to the input stream in the same order that the native password server side plugin 
    expects. As a result it replies with an OK/FAIL just like the old server does thus
    making the new server compatible with older clients.
    
    No test case added, since it would requre an old client binary. Tested using 
    accounts with and without passwords. Tested with a correct and incorrect 
    password.
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