# Proxysql 2.7.1 can't handle default auth native config + sha2 user but mysql 8.0.x can?

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**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/proxysql-2-7-1-cant-handle-default-auth-native-config-sha2-user-but-mysql-8-0-x-can/35521 "2024-12-06T19:50:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/proxysql-2-7-1-cant-handle-default-auth-native-config-sha2-user-but-mysql-8-0-x-can/35521/1 "2024-12-06T19:50:10Z")

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Preface - I’ve got credentials mirrored in proxysql for a mysql backend. Mysql’s backend has a default auth of native and user is configured for sha2. Proxysql is configured exactly the same as the mysql server (default native + sha2 user with same pass as mysql). I can connect to mysql directly with the mysql client and it works just fine. If I try to connect to proxysql I get an authentication error. I can connect to proxysql to users configured for native just fine.

How the heck can mysql handle this but proxysql can’t?