Can somebody give me a hint? (or am i looking for something impossible Google didn't gave something usefull, neither browsing the mysql-lists-archives) I had today a mysql workshop, in which they instructed me that you can have all sorts of database users (which don't have to have a system account) Authentication is done by mysql, and passwords are stored locally. Isn't it posible to feed the authentication thrue PAM? An advantage could be, not having plain passwords in mysql-scripts. I know there is something called pam_mysql, but that does the opposite, storing all user info into a mysql-database, while i want the access of database/tables to be done through pam. HtH, Hans -- pgp-id: 926EBB12 pgp-fingerprint: BE97 1CBF FAC4 236C 4A73 F76E EDFC D032 926E BB12 Registered linux user: 75761 (http://counter.li.org)