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On Windows 10, Leia, MySql 5.5. I have seen it mentioned that after 5.7, the password will expire automatically after a year, I wonder if this is the same for 5.5

I've been running MySQL 5.5 on Linux for 4.5 years now, and not ever did I have to change the password. Perhaps on Windows MySQL has some extra admin tools active, but still, it's the 1st time I hear of this for MySQL.

The link from the wiki page throws a 404 error)

Which exact wiki page is that?   

That's good to hear, and thank you both for your responses 

From the https://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL/Setting_up_MySQL, Some versions of MySQL set their passwords to expire by default, even the root password! If the password expires, Kodi cannot access the database and the TV Series and Movies libraries will disappear.
To avoid this and/or fix it after it happens, make sure the account's password does not expire. (See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/...olicy.html  (Throws the 404 error)