Hi,

I have authmysql running on mysql 3.23.47 on woody. I had some problems with the authmysqlrc file at the beginning, i think it is not liking whitespaces at linestart(MHO). I have included my authmysqlrc file, just change the XXXXXXXXX for username /password.

Arild

##VERSION: $Id: authmysqlrc,v 1.6 2001/05/20 15:33:00 mrsam Exp $ # # Copyright 2000 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for # distribution information. # # Do not alter lines that begin with ##, they are used when upgrading # this configuration. # # authmysqlrc created from authmysqlrc.dist by sysconftool # # DO NOT INSTALL THIS FILE with group/world read permissions. This file # might contain the MySQL admin password! # # Each line in this file must follow the following format: # # field[spaces|tabs]value # # That is, the name of the field, followed by spaces or tabs, followed by # field value. Trailing spaces are prohibited.

##NAME: LOCATION:0 # # The server name, userid, and password used to log in.

MYSQL_SERVER localhost MYSQL_USERNAME XXXXXXXX MYSQL_PASSWORD XXXXXXXX

##NAME: MYSQL_SOCKET:0 # # MYSQL_SOCKET can be used with MySQL version 3.22 or later, it specifies the # filesystem pipe used for the connection # # MYSQL_SOCKET /var/mysql/mysql.sock

##NAME: MYSQL_PORT:0 # # MYSQL_PORT can be used with MySQL version 3.22 or later to specify a port to # connect to.

MYSQL_PORT 0

##NAME: MYSQL_OPT:0 # # Leave MYSQL_OPT as 0, unless you know what you're doing.

MYSQL_OPT 0

##NAME: MYSQL_DATABASE:0 # # The name of the MySQL database we will open:

MYSQL_DATABASE courier

##NAME: MYSQL_USER_TABLE:0 # # The name of the table containing your user data. See README.authmysqlrc # for the required fields in this table.

MYSQL_USER_TABLE passwd

##NAME: MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD:0 # # Either MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD or MYSQL_CLEAR_PWFIELD must be defined. Both # are OK too. crypted passwords go into MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD, cleartext # passwords go into MYSQL_CLEAR_PWFIELD. Cleartext passwords allow # CRAM-MD5 authentication to be implemented.

MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD crypt

##NAME: MYSQL_CLEAR_PWFIELD:0 # # # MYSQL_CLEAR_PWFIELD clear

##NAME: MYSQL_DEFAULT_DOMAIN:0 # # If DEFAULT_DOMAIN is defined, and someone tries to log in as 'user', # we will look up 'user@DEFAULT_DOMAIN' instead. # # DEFAULT_DOMAIN mailmeg.com

##NAME: MYSQL_UID_FIELD:0 # # Other fields in the mysql table: # # MYSQL_UID_FIELD - contains the numerical userid of the account # MYSQL_UID_FIELD uid

##NAME: MYSQL_GID_FIELD:0 # # Numerical groupid of the account

MYSQL_GID_FIELD gid

##NAME: MYSQL_LOGIN_FIELD:0 # # The login id, default is id. Basically the query is: # # SELECT MYSQL_UID_FIELD, MYSQL_GID_FIELD, ... WHERE id='loginid' #

MYSQL_LOGIN_FIELD id

##NAME: MYSQL_HOME_FIELD:0 #

MYSQL_HOME_FIELD home

##NAME: MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD:0 # # This is an optional field, and can be used to specify an arbitrary # location of the maildir for the account, which normally defaults to # $HOME/Maildir (where $HOME is read from MYSQL_HOME_FIELD). # # You still need to provide a MYSQL_HOME_FIELD, even if you uncomment this # out. # # MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD maildir

##NAME: MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD:0 # # Define MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD to be the name of the field that can optionally # specify a maildir quota. See README.maildirquota for more information # # MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD quota

##NAME: MYSQL_WHERE_CLAUSE:0 # # This is optional, MYSQL_WHERE_CLAUSE can be basically set to an arbitrary # fixed string that is appended to the WHERE clause of our query # # MYSQL_WHERE_CLAUSE server='mailhost.example.com'