[CASSANDRA-7564] cqlsh does not connect if PasswordAuthenticator is enabled

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1 rc4
• Component/s: Legacy/Tools
• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Mike Adamson
• Reporter: Mike Adamson

Authors

Mike Adamson

Reviewers

Tom Hobbs

• Created: 17/Jul/14 11:10
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 17/Jul/14 19:46

Description

The python driver was upgraded to v2.1 as part of CASSANDRA-7509. This has changed it's auth_provider implementation meaning that cqlsh no longer connects if PasswordAuthenticator is configured and instead returns:

TypeError: auth_provider must implement the cassandra.auth.AuthProvider interface when protocol_version >= 2