[Dovecot] Connection to PGSQL fails?

[Bjørn T Johansen]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:38:20 +0100
Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:

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> 
> Am 16.03.2013 22:36, schrieb Bjørn T Johansen:
> > I have configured a new server and copied the dovecot-sql.conf file that works a different server to the new server... But when Dovecot tries to connect to the database, the
> > following error appears..:
> > 
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Error: pgsql: Connect failed to serviceadmin: could not connect to server: Permission denied
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Error: #011Is the server running on host "10.50.150.35" and accepting
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Error: #011TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
> > Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=1768)
> > 
> > But if I use psql and connects to the same db server with the same username and password, I can successfully connect...
> > What am I missing?
> 
> most likely the difference between TCP and socket-connection
> 

Using tcp for both dovecot and my test with psql...

BTJ