Hello, A new question has been asked in "MariaDB Community" by sanjaykumar.raghavendra. Please answer it at http://mariadb.com/kb/en/error-installing-audit-plugin-in-mysql-57/ as the person asking the question may not be subscribed to the mailing list. -------------------------------- I downloaded mariadb-10.1.11 for Linux x86-64 and copied the auth_pam.so to plugin directory under MySQL 5.7.10 Community Server home directory. When I attempt to install the plugin I get the following error mysql> install soname 'auth_pam'; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'soname 'auth_pam'' at line 1 Then I tried the following but no luck mysql> install plugin auth_pam_server soname 'auth_pam.so'; ERROR 1127 (HY000): Can't find symbol '_mysql_plugin_interface_version_' in library mysql> install plugin pam soname 'auth_pam.so'; ERROR 1127 (HY000): Can't find symbol '_mysql_plugin_interface_version_' in library Do I need to do anything additional for this to work? -------------------------------- To view or answer this question please visit: http://mariadb.com/kb/en/error-installing-audit-plugin-in-mysql-57/