mariadb-with-ldap-pam/load_pam_plugin.cnf

[mariadb]
plugin_load=auth_pam
pam_use_cleartext_plugin = ON

# create these stuff and enable the following configuration
# otherwise the pam_use_cleartext_plugin won't work which
# is required for dotnet connections
# ssl_cert = /etc/mysql/conf.d/ssl/server-cert.pem
# ssl_key = /etc/mysql/conf.d/ssl/server-key.pem
# ssl_ca = /etc/mysql/conf.d/ssl/ca.pem