[Koha] Help please

[Stephen Hedges]

yep, that's the old-password/new-password problem.

Since you seem to have control over what version of MySQL runs on this
machine, why not grab a Windows zip file of version 4.0.26 from
http://downloads.mysql.com/archives.php?p=mysql-4.0&v=4.0.26

Stephen

Stephon E. McCray said:
>  The Error Message reads like this:
> [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 411----- Original
> Message -----
> From: "Stephen Hedges" <shedges at skemotah.com>
> To: "Stephon E. McCray" <smccray at westernacademycharter.com>
> Cc: "koha" <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Help please
>
>
>> Did you start the mysql daemon with the "--old-passwords" option?  Can
>> you
>> send us the complete error message as it now reads?
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> Stephon E. McCray said:
>>> I uninstalled everything and reinstalled KOHA with MYSQL 4.1 over again
>>> and
>>> I still get an error message when I try to access 'OPAC'. It says
>>> "Premature
>>> end of  script headers: opac-main.pl"
>>>
>>> Can You please help?
>>>
>>> Stephon
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Stephen Hedges" <shedges at skemotah.com>
>>> To: "Stephon McCray" <smccray at westernacademycharter.com>
>>> Cc: "koha" <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 12:22 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] Help please
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Hedges
>> Skemotah Solutions, USA
>> www.skemotah.com  --  shedges at skemotah.com
>>
>>
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Stephen Hedges
Skemotah Solutions, USA
www.skemotah.com  --  shedges at skemotah.com