[Mediawiki-l] Re: 1.5.2 problems with MySQL 5.0.16?

[Rob Church]

Ordinarily I'd bawl at you to upgrade PHP as being the easier route;
this being a classic indicator of the old, "PHP's mySQL binaries are
out of date with the new authentication in mySQL 5"...however as other
applications are working, this might be a useless task...


Rob Church

On 13/12/05, Jan Steinman <Jan at bytesmiths.com> wrote:
> Well, I touched the GRANT table for the MySQL user for this site, and
> re-loaded, and now it gets a bit further. Instead of a stack trace, I
> now get the following:
>
> > Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.
> >
> > Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
> >
> > (Can't contact the database server: Client does not support
> > authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading
> > MySQL client (localhost))
>
> Does this suggest anything?
>
> Again, this site (www.EcoReality.org) was working fine with MySQL
> 4.0.16, and my other wikis that are at MW1.4 are working fine with
> MySQL 5.0.16.
>
> :::: He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already
> earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since
> for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. -- Albert Einstein
> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/99-6313-16>
>
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