Add support for auth_gssapi_client MariaDB authentication plugin

[Flofus]

i want to connect to my mariadb and i got

Error: Server requests authentication using unknown plugin auth_gssapi_client. See TODO: add plugins doco here on how to configure or author authentication plugins.

Do you need more information?

[sidorares]

your server requires clients to use this plugin, and we don't have that supported out of the box

There is a bit of documentation on how to write a plugin and use it in the client here: https://sidorares.github.io/node-mysql2/docs/documentation/authentication-switch

MariaDb page on auth_gssapi_client plugin:

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/authentication-plugin-gssapi/

So you have basically 2 options:

• change server config and allow some "standard" mysql auth methods ( mysql_native_password , caching_sha2_password )
• or write client side implementation of auth_gssapi_client plugin flow ( or wait until somebody makes it for you )

[sidorares]

MariaDB Connector/Node.js does not yet support gssapi authentication.

https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJS-72

[sidorares]

go-sql-driver/mysql#1233

[sidorares]

Some initial search on 'gssapi in node.js':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Security_Services_Application_Program_Interface

https://github.com/mongodb-js/kerberos
https://www.npmjs.com/package/krb5
https://www.npmjs.com/package/webgss