Exhibition Engine Installation Problem (mysql 4.1)

[loupgarou]

ok: as I surmise from mysql 4.1, they changed the password authentication algorithm.

so when installation exhibition engine

mysql_connect fails

the error given is

Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server. Consider upgrading MySQL client

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I don't really know how to continue at this point, since I'm not even certain where is the client (I assume its php itself, latest version: 4.3.4)

I've already tried the solution on

http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Old_client.html

Tell the server to use the older password hashing algorithm:
Start mysqld with --old-passwords.
Set the password for all users that has a long password. You can find these users with:

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which I did to no effect.

windows 2000 pro
php 4.3.4
mysql 4.1
apache 1.3.29


any help?

[loupgarou]

for now: downgrading mysql to 4.0 version

[Pekka]

Thanks for info. There is no way 4.1 can be used until PHP mysql function(s) will support it.

It's so nice MySQL people change basic things with every release. 4.0 changed privileges system and now this.