Mariana Lopes mariana.lopes at multicert.com Wed Apr 5 23:59:03 NZST 2006 hello! what MySQLversion are you using? ifyou are using version 4.1.x - 5.x this solution may work for you I have encountered the same error and found the solution, using google, on this page http://forums.devshed.com/mysql-help-4/client-does-not-support-authenticatio... run this query directly in MySQL SET PASSWORD FOR user@host = OLD_PASSWORD('password'); replacing user with your koha database username, host with hostname, and password with your koha password ifyou used the default installation this will be SET PASSWORD FOR koha@localhost = OLD_PASSWORD('koha'); check your c:\etc\koha.conf for the hostname,user,password Mon --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.