Solution of the error “Using unique option prefix pass instead of password is deprecated …”

I noticed some errors coming to the root mail with the subject and the text:

Cron /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache
Warning: Using unique option prefix pass instead of password is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.

The problem lies in the file ~ / .my.cnf, that is /root/.my.cnf in my case.

In which the parameter “pass” is obsolete and must be changed to a new “password”.

For example, that’s how it was when the error occurred:

[client]
user=root
pass=password

Changed to password and the error disappeared:

[client]
user=root
password=password

See also:
Connecting to MySQL from localhost without entering a password