Does python3 support mySQL short passwords and if so how. What needs to be done to allow this. I have a mySQL db with short passwords and cannot access via python 3.2

Does python3 support mySQL short passwords and if so how. What needs to be done to allow this. I have a mySQL db with short passwords and cannot access via python 3.2.

This is the error I receive running under linux:

File "/opt/cms/scripts/LoadConairZODSFile.py", line 280, in <module>
    main(prog_name, import_filename)
  File "/opt/cms/scripts/LoadConairZODSFile.py", line 192, in main
    db = mysql.connector.Connect(**config.Config.dbinfo())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/mysql/connector/__init__.py", line 45, in Connect
    return MySQLConnection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection.py", line 361, in __init__
    self.connect(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection.py", line 398, in connect
    ssl=(ssl_ca, ssl_cert, ssl_key))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/mysql/connector/connection.py", line 436, in _open_connection
    self._charset)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/mysql/connector/protocol.py", line 358, in do_auth
    "Authentication with old (insecure) passwords "\
mysql.connector.errors.NotSupportedError: -1: Authentication with old (insecure) passwords is not supported: