-- libapache-mod-auth-mysql-4.3.9/mod_auth_mysql.c.ori	2007-04-20 10:29:27.000000000 +0200
+++ libapache-mod-auth-mysql-4.3.9/mod_auth_mysql.c	2007-04-20 10:42:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@
 	char *dbname = auth_db_name, *user = auth_db_user, *pwd = auth_db_pwd;
 	void (*sigpipe_handler)();
 	unsigned long client_flag = 0;
+	my_bool do_reconnect = 1;
 
 	APACHELOG(APLOG_DEBUG, r, "Opening DB connection for %s", sec->dir);
 	
@@ -1161,6 +1162,10 @@
 		return errno;
 	}
 
+	/* The default is no longer to automatically reconnect on failure,
+	 * (as of 5.0.3) so we have to set that option here. */
+	mysql_options(sec->dbh, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &do_reconnect);
+
 	signal(SIGPIPE, sigpipe_handler);
 	
 	APACHELOG(APLOG_DEBUG, r, "Persistent in %s is %i", sec->dir, sec->persistent);