Hi Paul Thanks. Used netstat -tap and the output is tcp 0 0 *:9876 *:* LISTEN 9306/mysqld
>From ps -ef | grep mysql mysql 9306 1 0 03:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld More over, same mysql server I am using for web server purpose, and my site is up. So MySQLd is up, no doubt. Port/Host and Permissions fine..., not getting what may go wrong. Best Regards Austin On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Paul Hoffman <p...@flo.org> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:38:25PM +0530, Austin Einter wrote: > > The final error I am getting when I start postfix is as below > > > > postfix/cleanup[8682]: warning: connect to mysql server 127.0.0.1: Can't > > connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (111) > > > > So it looks as a permission issue. > > I wouldn't make that assumption. Have you verified that MySQL is truly > running? Do you know how to use netstat or lsof? > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Hoffman <p...@flo.org> > Systems Librarian > Fenway Libraries Online > c/o Wentworth Institute of Technology > 550 Huntington Ave. > Boston, MA 02115 > (617) 442-2384 (FLO main number) >
