I noticed MySQL 5.6 has a validate_password plugin. Since it's open-source, can we add it to MariaDB 5.5. Or is that bad form, a hot potato, etc.?
We need the features of this plugin in our environment, and the PAM integration is looking not a good "fit" (though it's working great).
(I'm trying to get it to compile in right now, but it's having issues with the includes so far...working on it).