> On 19/02/2024 22:26 EET burkha...@konsultaner.de <burkha...@konsultaner.de> > wrote: > > > Hi! The docs for dovecot with postgres are outdated and I somehow cannot > connect from my dovecot instance to my postgresql database. > > I tried a lot but the debug output dosn't help me. > > What user is actually trying to connect to the postgresql? the dovecot user > or root or the actual user from the connection config? > I want to connect locally. Do I use password or md5 or peer with a map to > connect? (tried all) > > simple console with pgsql command works fine. > > I found a couple of "How tos" but nothing helped. Are there any potential > version conflict? I'm on 2.3.16 with postgresql 16. > > Thanks! > Richi > Hi! The docs for dovecot with postgres are outdated and I somehow cannot > connect from my dovecot instance to my postgresql database. > > I tried a lot but the debug output dosn't help me. > > What user is actually trying to connect to the postgresql? the dovecot user or > root or the actual user from the connection config? > I want to connect locally. Do I use password or md5 or peer with a map to > connect? (tried all) > > simple console with pgsql command works fine. > > I found a couple of "How tos" but nothing helped. Are there any potential > version conflict? I'm on 2.3.16 with postgresql 16. > > Thanks! > Richi
You can use password authentication. The user connecting will be dovecot, not root. connect = host=localhost dbname=mails user=admin password=pass Aki _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
