Bug #741 Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server
Submitted: 27 Jun 2003 10:23 Modified: 27 Jun 2003 12:11
Reporter: [ name withheld ] Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:5.0 OS:Linux (RedHat 7.3)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[27 Jun 2003 10:23] [ name withheld ] 
Description:
I´m trying to connect to a server mysql 5.0 on linux system, from a PC with windows XP and ODBC driver 3.51, but the following error appears:

SQL Error State:S1000, Native Error Code 4E1, ODBC Error[MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver]Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server. Consider upgrading MySQL client

How I must make the connection through odbc?

it is a bug?

How to repeat:
connect to mysql5.0-max server, compiled on intel plataform, linux kernel 2.4.18-3, dual procesor
and 
trying connect through ODBC 3.51
[27 Jun 2003 12:11] MySQL Verification Team 
The driver you are using don't support the new client protocol.
Please read the note about the next release:

http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-myodbc-3.52.html

Another option you have is to start the server with 
--old-passwords

and grant again the user privileges with the above start option.