Don't try old auth method on closed conn
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (d *MySQLDriver) Open(dsn string) (driver.Conn, error) {
err = mc.readResultOK()
if err != nil {
// Retry with old authentication method, if allowed
- if mc.cfg.allowOldPasswords && err == errOldPassword {
+ if mc.cfg != nil && mc.cfg.allowOldPasswords && err == errOldPassword {
if err = mc.writeOldAuthPacket(cipher); err != nil {
mc.Close()
return nil, err