On Sunday 09 Oct 2005 10:42, debian-testing@faxm0dem.org wrote: > Hi, > > Installing mysql-server (4.0.24-10sarge1) from scratch creates a my.cnf > file which contains "old_passwords=1", and prevents mysql server from > starting. yes, I can confirm this, I first noticed this back in August. The cure is simple but it's annoying nonetheless. -- ----------------- Bob Hutchinson Midwales dot com -----------------