I experience the same issue with MariaDB 10.1 from MariaDB's own repository (not sure why 10.1 isn't in Debian's repo to begin with...).
I spun up a VM and tested postfix-mysql 3.1.3-1 with mysql-5.7 from Debian's unstable repo and I couldn't get mysql sasl dbs to work there either... On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:59:23 +0200 Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > file libmariadbclient.so.18 does not exist on my system. > > root@vm104-mail:~# find /usr/ -name "lib*client.so*" > /usr/lib/libc-client.so.2007e.0 > /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdebconfclient.so.0.0.0 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdebconfclient.so.0 > /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18 > /usr/lib/libc-client.so.2007e > > An this is the content of > libmariadbclient18_10.1.18+maria-1~jessie_amd64.deb: > root@vm104-mail:~# dpkg-deb -c > /var/cache/apt/archives/libmariadbclient18_10.1.18+maria-1~jessie_amd64.deb > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:28 ./ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 > 2016-09-30 05:28 ./usr/ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:28 > ./usr/share/ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:28 ./usr/share/doc/ > > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:29 > ./usr/share/doc/libmariadbclient18/ > > -rw-r--r-- root/root 417 2016-09-30 05:11 > > ./usr/share/doc/libmariadbclient18/changelog.Debian.gz > -rw-r--r-- root/root > 2502 2016-09-29 21:06 > ./usr/share/doc/libmariadbclient18/copyright > > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:29 ./usr/lib/ > -rw-r--r-- root/root > 3799016 2016-09-30 05:28 > ./usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0 > drwxr-xr-x > root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:28 ./usr/lib/mysql/ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 > 2016-09-30 05:28 ./usr/lib/mysql/plugin/ > -rw-r--r-- root/root 10096 > 2016-09-30 05:28 > ./usr/lib/mysql/plugin/dialog.so > -rw-r--r-- root/root > 6000 2016-09-30 05:28 > ./usr/lib/mysql/plugin/mysql_clear_password.so > > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:29 > ./usr/lib/libmysqlclient_r.so.18 -> libmysqlclient.so > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:29 > ./usr/lib/libmysqlclient_r.so.18.0.0 -> libmysqlclient.so > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2016-09-30 05:29 > ./usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18 -> libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0 > > Would a softlink fix the issue? > Or should I downgrade MariaDB client? > Or should I contact maintainers of MariaDB 10.1? > > THX > Thomas > > Am 25.10.2016 um 19:37 schrieb Scott Kitterman: > > > > > > On October 25, 2016 7:00:05 AM PDT, c.mo...@web.de wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> Thanks for this input. > >> > >> Actually on my server I have installed both, libmariadbclient18 and