errors confirming cyrus-sasl2 setup

[Ray]

I'm not sure if this question is too easy/ too hard/ too exotic or if there is 
just nobody there that is familiar with this setup, but is there anybody that 
can confirm or deny the following assumption:
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> I quess the first question is am I correct in saying: the sample
> server/client tests depend only on the cyrus-sasl2 program, the sample
> programs themselves, the sample.conf file, and any backend required? (In my
> case, mySQL.)
>
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Thanks for any help.
Ray