Comment 3 for bug 988187

So, i have update:

it looks like functionality is (somehow) dependent from platform!

A) when i try to connect from Solaris box, i keep getting error (even [client] section is updated):

ERROR 2059 (HY000): Authentication plugin 'auth_pam' cannot be loaded: ld.so.1: mysql: fatal: /usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/auth_pam.so: open failed: No such file or directory

Client box should not care about plugin location on server side, or?

B) if i try from Linux (have similar MySQL packages installed, and i am pasting password which is verified in LDAP):

ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user 'myusr'@'linux-client.fqdn'

and at same time pam_ldap module (with enabled debug) shows (from /etc/log/secure) - note 4 seconds difference:

Apr 25 16:02:59 TEST mysqld: pam_warn(mysqld:auth): function=[pam_sm_authenticate] service=[mysqld] terminal=[<unknown>] user=[myusr] ruser=[myusr] rhost=[linux-client.fqdn]
Apr 25 16:03:03 TEST mysqld: pam_unix(mysqld:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=101 euid=101 tty= ruser=myusr rhost=linux-client.fqdn user=myusr

C) using Linux client on server box, i can access DB WITHOUT need to specify password !!!

Regards/Pozdrav