diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 53bc36e6ce9..a5a02d5a62c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@ before_script:
       mysql -u root -ppassword -e 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON travis.* TO travis@127.0.0.1;'
       echo "MySQL grant and flush"
       mysql -u root -ppassword -e 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO root@127.0.0.1; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;'
-      sudo cat /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysql.cnf
-      sudo mysqladmin variables | grep default_authentication_plugin
+      sudo cat /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
       sudo sed -i -e 's/default-authentication-plugin=.*/default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password/g' /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
-      sudo cat /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
+      sudo chmod -R a+rwx /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+      echo "default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password" >> /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+      sudo cat /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
       sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
-      sudo mysqladmin variables | grep default_authentication_plugin
       echo "MySQL list current users"
-      mysql -u root -e 'use mysql; select * from user;'
+      mysql -u root -ppassword -e 'use mysql; select * from user;'
       set -e
       echo "MySQL load with pass"
       mysql -u root -ppassword -h 127.0.0.1 -D travis < dev/initdemo/mysqldump_dolibarr_3.5.0.sql