On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I still have the problem with being unable to logon to a database with a > password. When the password is entered - either on the command line (-p???) > or on the following line (-p without a password), mysql returns a "Bad > handshake" error message. > > I'm trying to connect on the machine running mysql > The server version is 4.1.1-1 > The client software is 4.1.0-0 (which is, I believe, the latest for download) > The user is not trying to log on remotely - and it happens with any user (e.g. > I can't even put a password on the root account) > Things work fine as long as no password is involved. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions of how to fix this? I *CAN* convert > everything to PostgreSQL if I have to, but that is a last resort. For what > we're doing, mysql is a better solution. >
The issue is that 4.1.0 used a different authentication handshake with a different form of password encoding. Due to the fact that 4.1.0 was alpha, it was decided not to support the authentication that 4.1.0 used for later releases as it was the only release that used it. If you upgrade the client to 4.1.1 (which is available for download? where didn't you see it?) then you will no longer get that error message. Regards, Harrison -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
