It appears that m_username is not being assigned correctly in gksql.cxx as we can see that when we create a user "ODBC" for MySQL, the SQLAliasAuth works fine. The value of username taken from the gatekeeper.ini file's SQLAliasAuth section is not being used and is being replaced with "ODBC". Hence I created a user "ODBC" with the same password given in the ini file and then I am able to use it. This error is in both the debug and release builds. gatekeeper.ini file:- [Gatekeeper::Auth] SQLAliasAuth=sufficient;RRQ,ARQ default=allow [SQLAliasAuth] Driver=MySQL Host=localhost Database=gkcontrol User=gnugk Password=secret CacheTimeout=300 Query=SELECT CONCAT('sigip:',host,':',port) as authrule FROM users WHERE alias = '%1' AND GatekeeperId = '%2' AND active default=deny MySQL Table useres in database gkcontrol:- Field Type Null Key Default ------------ ------------- ------ ------ ------- alias varchar(20) PRI h235password varchar(40) YES (NULL) active enum('1','0') 1 host varchar(25) YES (NULL) port varchar(6) YES (NULL) GatekeeperId varchar(20) Data in Table users alias h235password active host port GatekeeperId ----- ------------ ------ ------------ ---- ------------ MYEP1 NULL 1 192.168.0.51 1720 MYGK1 YOUREP NULL 1 192.168.0.51 1720 MYGK2 MYEP2 NULL 1 192.168.0.52 1720 MYGK1 when the user "ODBC" is not in the MySQL access list the GK Log shows:- gkauth.cxx(444) GkAuth Add default rule with flag ff gkauth.cxx(444) GkAuth Add SQLAliasAuth rule with flag a gksql_mysql.cxx(389) SQLAliasAuth MySQL connection to @localhost[gkcontrol] failed (mysql_real_connect failed): Access denied for user: 'ODBC@localhost'(Using password: YES) gksql.cxx(112) SQLAliasAuth Database connection failed: @localhost[gkcontrol] gkauth.cxx(1321) SQLAliasAuth Module creation failed: could not connect to the database when the user "ODBC" is inserted in the MySQL users list, the GK Log shows:- gkauth.cxx(444) GkAuth Add default rule with flag ff gkauth.cxx(444) GkAuth Add SQLAliasAuth rule with flag a gksql.cxx(117) SQLAliasAuth Database connection pool created: @localhost[gkcontrol] gkauth.cxx(1329) SQLAliasAuth Configured query: SELECT CONCAT('sigip:',host,':',port) as authrule FROM users WHERE alias = '%1' AND GatekeeperId = '%2' AND active This may have something to do with the conditional compiler directive to consider the username variable protected or may be a variable out of scope or order of assignment. The Debug PTRACE is not able to show the MySQL user it has used as it is blank. Till then for Win32 users, just create a ODBC user with the same password! This is all on a Sunday's work! Hope it benefits everyone. Ap.Muthu ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&opÌk _______________________________________________ List: Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id?49 Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/