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I'm afraid you've missed the point. One can already enjoy all the above by using pam_ldap.so module and the MariaDB PAM authentication plugin. MariaDB works with LDAP just fine already (via pam).
The question is what benefits does a separate LDAP authentication plugin offers. Why users might want to use an an LDAP authentication plugin over the combination of pam_ldap.so and PAM authentication plugin.