Jack Fredrikson <jackfredrik...@yahoo.com> (Mon Oct 24 21:00:54 2011): > Hi; > This is my 6th day installing my first Postfix/Dovecot installation. The > Postfix mailing list indicates I've got the MTA under control so now I'm > seeking your help with the MDA. I get these errors with legitimate email > addresses: > Oct 24 11:47:38 myserver dovecot: auth-worker: Error: mysql(localhost): > Connect failed to database (postfix): Access denied for user > 'dovecot'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 25 seconds before > retry > > Now I've logged in myself: > mysql -u dovecot -p > Enter password: xxx > and succeeded. What am I doing wrong?
You should test:
mysql -udovecot -pxxx -hlocalhost postfix
to simulate the dovecot attemts.
> I've noticed that every time I restart dovecot I get this error in the
> dovecot-deliver.log:
>
> Oct 24 11:31:11 lda: Error: userdb lookup:
> connect(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) failed: Permission denied
> (euid=512(vmail) egid=512(vmail) missing +r perm:
> /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0755)
> Oct 24 11:31:11 lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for
> more information.
>
>
> Every time I go to chmod 666 on that file, restarting dovecot wipes those
> permissions. How fix?
> Even when I fix that, I still get the "temporary failure".
> Please advise.
This file is not a file, it is a socket and gets recreated every time
you restart dovecot. There is, if I remember well, some config option
"mode" near the name of the name of the socket.
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