diff -Naur nagiosplug/plugins/check_mysql.c nagiosplug.new/plugins/check_mysql.c
--- nagiosplug/plugins/check_mysql.c	2011-09-13 15:56:05.667051730 +0300
+++ nagiosplug.new/plugins/check_mysql.c	2011-09-13 15:57:08.786832084 +0300
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "netutils.h"
 
 #include <mysql.h>
+#include <mysqld_error.h>
 #include <errmsg.h>
 
 char *db_user = NULL;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 char *db = NULL;
 unsigned int db_port = MYSQL_PORT;
 int check_slave = 0, warn_sec = 0, crit_sec = 0;
+int ignore_auth = 0;
 int verbose = 0;
 
 thresholds *my_threshold = NULL;
@@ -91,7 +93,16 @@
 
 	/* establish a connection to the server and error checking */
 	if (!mysql_real_connect(&mysql,db_host,db_user,db_pass,db,db_port,db_socket,0)) {
-		if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_HOST)
+		if (ignore_auth && mysql_errno (&mysql) == ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR)
+		{
+			printf("MySQL OK - Version: %s (protocol %d)\n",
+				mysql_get_server_info(&mysql),
+				mysql_get_proto_info(&mysql)
+			);
+			mysql_close (&mysql);
+			return STATE_OK;
+		}
+		else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_UNKNOWN_HOST)
 			die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
 		else if (mysql_errno (&mysql) == CR_VERSION_ERROR)
 			die (STATE_WARNING, "%s\n", mysql_error (&mysql));
@@ -252,6 +263,7 @@
 		{"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
 		{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
 		{"check-slave", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
+		{"ignore-auth", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
 		{"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
 		{"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
 		{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
@@ -262,7 +274,7 @@
 		return ERROR;
 
 	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hvVSP:p:u:d:H:s:c:w:", longopts, &option);
+		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hvVSnP:p:u:d:H:s:c:w:", longopts, &option);
 
 		if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
 			break;
@@ -300,6 +312,9 @@
 		case 'S':
 			check_slave = 1;							/* check-slave */
 			break;
+		case 'n':
+			ignore_auth = 1;							/* ignore-auth */
+			break;
 		case 'w':
 			warning = optarg;
 			break;
@@ -385,6 +400,9 @@
 	printf (UT_EXTRA_OPTS);
 
   printf (UT_HOST_PORT, 'P', myport);
+  printf (" %s\n", "-n, --ignore-auth");
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("Ignore authentication failure and check for mysql connectivity only"));
+
   printf (" %s\n", "-s, --socket=STRING");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Use the specified socket (has no effect if -H is used)"));