--- ./mod_auth_mysql.c~	1998-10-03 20:41:41.000000000 +0300
+++ ./mod_auth_mysql.c	2005-02-10 20:40:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 	}
 	if (name != NULL) {			/* open an SQL link */
 		/* link to the MySQL database and register its cleanup!@$ */
-		mysql_auth = mysql_connect(&auth_sql_server, auth_db_host, user, pwd);
+		mysql_auth = mysql_real_connect(&auth_sql_server, auth_db_host, user, pwd, NULL, MYSQL_PORT, NULL, 0);
 		if (sec->non_persistent && mysql_auth) {
 			note_cleanups_for_mysql_auth(r->pool, mysql_auth);
 		}