[Koha] Help please

[Stephen Hedges]

Actually, MySQL 5.0 has another problem when used with Koha -- Koha has a
data column named "return" but this is a MySQL reserved word starting with
version 5.0.  (Didn't your Koha install program throw errors when it tried
to create the database?)  If you must use MySQL 5.0, I don't think you can
use Koha.  Maybe someone else knows a trick that I don't know...

Stephen

Stephon McCray said:
> MySQL server is running on the same machine that I'm trying to get KOHA to
> run on...is KOHA not going to run on MySQL 5.0? Do I need to install some
> other program in order for it to work?
> Thanks,
> Stephon McCray
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stephen Hedges [mailto:shedges at skemotah.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 01:08 PM
>>To: 'Stephon McCray'
>>Cc: 'koha'
>>Subject: Re: [Koha] Help please
>>
>>Here's the official word from MySQL:
>>
>>"MySQL 5.0 uses an authentication protocol based on a password hashing
>>algorithm that is incompatible with that used by older (pre-4.1) clients.
>>If you upgrade the server from 4.1, attempts to connect to it with an
>>older client may fail with the following message:
>>
>>shell> mysql
>>Client does not support authentication protocol requested
>>by server; consider upgrading MySQL client
>>
>>To solve this problem, you should use one of the following approaches:
>>
>> * Upgrade all client programs to use a 4.1.1 or newer client library.
>> * When connecting to the server with a pre-4.1 client program, use an
>>account that still has a pre-4.1-style password.
>> * Reset the password to pre-4.1 style for each user that needs to use
>>a pre-4.1 client program. This can be done using the SET PASSWORD
>>statement and the OLD_PASSWORD() function:
>>
>>mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR
>> -> 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd');
>>
>> Alternatively, use UPDATE and FLUSH PRIVILEGES:
>>
>>mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd')
>> -> WHERE Host = 'some_host' AND User = 'some_user';
>>mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
>>
>> Substitute the password you want to use for “newpwd” in the
>>preceding examples. MySQL cannot tell you what the original password
>>was, so you'll need to pick a new one.
>> * Tell the server to use the older password hashing algorithm:
>> 1. Start mysqld with the --old-passwords option.
>> 2. Assign an old-format password to each account that has had its
>>password updated to the longer 4.1 format. You can identify these
>>accounts with the following query:
>>
>>mysql> SELECT Host, User, Password FROM mysql.user
>> -> WHERE LENGTH(Password) > 16;
>>
>> For each account record displayed by the query, use the Host
>>and User values and assign a password using the OLD_PASSWORD()
>>function and either SET PASSWORD or UPDATE, as described
>>earlier."
>>
>>HTH.
>>
>>Stephen
>>
>>Stephon McCray said:
>>> Could someone please help me to understand what's going on and how I
>>> can
>>> fix it.
>>>
>>> Running a XP professional SP2 machine with MySQL 5 and Apache 2.0.55
>>> and
>>> the latest version of Active Perl.
>>> [Tue Nov 29 17:41:58 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of
>>> script headers: mainpage.pl[Tue Nov 29 17:41:58 2005] [error] [client
>>> 127.0.0.1] DBI connect('blank224:localhost','koha',...) failed: Client
>>> does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider
>>> upgrading MySQL client at c:/usr/koha224/intranet/modules/C4/Context.pm
>>> line 411[Tue Nov 29 17:41:58 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't
>>> call
>>> method "prepare" on an undefined value at
>>> c:/usr/koha224/intranet/modules/C4/Koha.pm line 326.Also:[Tue Nov 29
>>> 17:41:41 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script
>>> headers:
>>> opac-main.pl[Tue Nov 29 17:41:41 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] DBI
>>> connect('blank224:localhost','koha',...) failed: Client does not
>>> support
>>> authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL
>>> client at c:/usr/koha224/intranet/modules/C4/Context.pm line
>>> 411Thanks,Stephon McCrayIT DirectorWestern Academy Charter School
>>> _______________________________________________


-- 
Stephen Hedges
Skemotah Solutions, USA
www.skemotah.com  --  shedges at skemotah.com