[Dovecot] dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: Unknown database driver 'mysql'

[Glen Lee Edwards]

Pascal Volk wrote:
> On 03/29/2010 05:31 AM Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
>   
>> I just tried upgrading from 1.1.rc6 to v1.2.11, and am getting the 
>> following error:
>> dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: Unknown database driver 'mysql'. 
>> If I change the respective line in dovecot-sql.conf from driver = mysql to
>> driver = pgsql the error message changes accordingly:
>> dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: Unknown database driver 'pgsql'.
>>
>> I quit using 1.1.rc6 because it started choking on my Debian system, so 
>> I'm back
>> to using the stable Debian version - 1:1.0.15-2.3+lenny1.  Where are the 
>> drivers kept
>> when I do a default build, and where in the configuration file does it 
>> tell dovecot to
>> look for the drivers?  Other suggestions on a fix?
>>
>> Glen
>>     
>
>
> Run: /path/to/v1.2.11/dovecot --build-options | tail -n4
> Shows which SQL drivers are available, if any. And if userdb/passdb can
> use sql dbs.
>
>
> Regards,
> Pascal
>   
$ /usr/local/sbin/dovecot --build-options | tail -n4
SQL drivers:
Passdb: checkpassword pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql
Userdb: nss passwd passwd-file prefetch sql static