NessusWX export to MySQL-4.1.7

[Alex Campoe]

Andy

MySQL 4.x uses a new hashing length for passwords. You can keep the old 
shorter hash until NessusWX is updated. Simply use

mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR
     -> 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd');

to reset the password to the shorter hash.

The full write up is here

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html

Alex

Andreas Lappe wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 07:39:23PM +0100, Andreas Lappe wrote:
> 
>>Greetings,
>>
>>	after trying to export some reports into my database, I ask
>>myself if the provided libmySQL.dll is capable of connecting to a
>>4.1.7 MySQL? 
> 
> 
> According to Ethereal, it get's back the following:
> 
> ``Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server;
> consider upgrading MySQL client''
> 
> Two things in my eyes:
> 
> 	1) NessusWX should report the error-message, at least in the
> debug-logfile
> 
> 	2) What version is supported? Does any mysql-guru know what
> changed and is now incompatible?
> 
> Andy

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