How to install 4.1 server

[Michael Satterwhite]

Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 10:07 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
>> Craig White wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 09:52 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
>>>> When I try to connect to the mysql server on Fedora, the client
>>>> libraries report that they don't support the authentication scheme used
>>>> by 5.1. I can't upgrade the client libraries as the production server is
>>>> running mysql 4.1 (I'm using Fedora for development).
>>>>
>>>> I see the 4.1 client routines in the yum search, but I don't see the 4.1
>>>> server. How can I install mysql 4.1 on FC5?
>>> ----
>>> yum install mysqlclient14
>>>
>>> if necessary...
>>>
>>> yum install mysqlclient14-devel
>> That I've got. The question is how to install Mysql *SERVER* 4.1.
> ----
> "I see" said the blind man
> 
> Check on the 'client' machine that 'my.cnf' is using 
> 
> old_passwords=0
> 
> a downgrade of the server from mysql-5 to mysql-4 isn't generally desired and installing it would be a trick and a half since there are so many things built against the mysql-libs already in Fedora.
> 
> Are we still talking Ruby on Rails?  What OS does your server run? Is it reasonable to think in terms of upgrading the server to mysql-5 if the suggestion about oldpasswords doesn't help?

Not RoR this time.

I have a (legacy) VB program that I support. It runs productively
against a 4.1 server - so the client libs on the Windows machine are (of
course) 4.1.

The production server is running linux (slackware, I believe).

I have to connect to the development server as well as the production
server, and I have no ability to force the production server to upgrade
to mysql 5. Those responsible for the production server won't upgrade
until *THEY* have a reason to need to.