[Dovecot] MySQL Authentication

[James Bowling]

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You need to change mysql to just sql, ie:

userdb sql {
     args     }
passdb sql {
     args     }

I believe that this will fix your issue.

Regards,
James Bowling

Peter Fraser wrote:
> Hi all
> I have this interesting issue. I installed dovecot on FreeBSD 6.1. The
> install went well. I'm trying to get it to use a mysql database that
> postfix is already using to authenticate.
>
>
> When I use this in dovecot.conf
>
> userdb mysql {
>      args >     }
> passdb mysql {
>      args >     }
>
> I get this error.
>
> auth(default): Unknown passdb driver 'mysql' (typo, or Dovecot was built
> without support for it? Check with dovecot --build-options)
>
> This is strange because I did compile it with mysql support. Any ideas
> here?
>
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