Re: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?

[sam lun]

alois rainbacher wrote:
> I've had the same problem.
> I'd to change the authentication method at the
> mysql server:
> set password for
> <username>@<servername> =
> old_password('<password>');
> and it worked.


i've had the same problem when up to 4.1.8.
but when after:
set password for <username>@<servername> = old_password('<password>');
it did not work either...:(