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# Password Validation Plugin Development

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## Plugin API

Password validation plugin API is very simple. A plugin must implement only one method — `validate_password()`. This method takes two arguments — user name and the plain-text password. It returns `0` when the password has passed the validation; otherwise, `1`.

See also `mysql/plugin_password_validation.h` and password validation plugins in `plugin/simple_password_check/` and `plugins/cracklib_password_check/`.