Re: ERROR 1251: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client

[Hassan Schroeder]

Mark Sargent wrote:

>>> [root@localhost bluefish-1.0]# mysql -h localhost -u root -pwhatafraka
>>> ERROR 1251: Client does not support authentication protocol requested 
>>> by server;  consider upgrading MySQL client
>>>
>>> What is this..? Why is it asking me to upgrade the client.? Cheers.

> master/client are the same machine. I installed via tar.gz, ver 4.1 
> following this page
> 
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/installing-binary.html
> 
> for installation on FC3. Why would it say that the client doesn't 
> support it.? 

Because you almost certainly have an existing, older version of
MySQL already installed with FC3, and it's first in your path; try:

prompt# which mysql

:: and see if it's the 4.1 version you installed. I'll bet it's not :-)

If so, remove it or set your PATH appropriately.

HTH,
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