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Please follow the instructions given below to turn off the MySQL Strict Mode. This method disables it by changing the value of SQL_MODE in my.cnf file (for Linux) OR my.ini file (for windows server) and restarting the MySQL server. my.cnf file can be found in one of a few locations (depending...

Of course any password that is stored in plain text is a bad idea but the location of the file is in /etc/my.cnf so if a remote user had access to that file I think there would be more things to worry about than having your mysql password stolen. On the other hand if you are not the only one who...