It looks like not all of the dbmail-* binaries are calling auth_connect(). Grepping for auth_connect yields this:
injector.c: if (db_connect() != 0 || auth_connect() != 0) smtp-convert.c: if (db_connect() != 0 || auth_connect() != 0) user.c: if (auth_connect()==-1) vut2dbmail.c: if (auth_connect() == -1) While grepping for db_connect yields this: dbtest.c: db_connect(); injector.c: if (db_connect() != 0 || auth_connect() != 0) main.c: if (db_connect() < 0) maintenance.c: if (db_connect()==-1) mini-injector.c: if (db_connect() != 0) raw-convert.c: if (db_connect() != 0) serverchild.c: if ( db_connect() != 0) settings.c: if (db_connect()==-1) smtp-convert.c: if (db_connect() != 0 || auth_connect() != 0) user.c: if (db_connect()==-1) vut2dbmail.c: if (db_connect() == -1) What I'm left to conclude is that main.c, maintenance.c, mini-injector.c, raw-convert.c, serverchild.c and settings.c do not connect to the auth services. Unfortunately, I can say conclusively that serverchild.c MUST call auth_connect() or else the only available authentication option is sharing a db connection. LDAP or a non-shared connection are not initialized, and the server dies upon calling any auth-related command. I suspect, though, that every place where db_connect() is called, an auth_connect() ought also be called... Aaron
