[Workaround.org] Dovecot can't connect to Mysql-Server

burt be80be at gmail.com
Tue Mar 25 02:17:01 CET 2008


Gerret Geilich wrote:
> Hy there,
>
> I just did the workaround for Postfix/Dovecot install and now I am 
> stuck in
> the end of chapter 6.
>
> Everything worked fine, but when I start dovecot I get an error in 
> /var/log/mail.log :
> 'dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to localhost
> (mailserver): Access denied for user 'mailuser'@'localhost' (using 
> password: NO)'
>
> I think there's a problem with the MySQL-Connection or the 
> /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.
>
> "the connect - string : 'connect = host=localhost dbname=mailserver 
> user=mailuser password=1234'"
>
> Any Idea ?
>
> Greetings and thanks
>
> G
>
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You didn't set a password for mailuser thats why it said
> (using password: NO)'  you need to check your password for your 
> mailuser if you have mysql-admin you can use that to check the 
> password and make sure that  the dovecot-sql.conf is chown right



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