MySQL authentication options

[Joe Rhett]

> I had been doing some research about authenticating user against a MySQL
> database, and from what I can see the only option is via PAM through
> saslauthd.  Is this correct, or there are other way to do it ?
 
Nope -- you can compile SASL with direct mysql support and skip PAM
entirely.  We use it that way.

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Joe Rhett                                                      Chief Geek
JRhett at Isite.Net                                      Isite Services, Inc.
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