[Dovecot] Fwd: Dovecot cannot connect to PostgreSQL server

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Mon, 28 Apr 2014, Chris Vaas wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Steffen Kaiser <
> skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014, Chris Vaas wrote:
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>> [fixed ugly top posting]
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>>  On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Steffen <skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de
>>>> wrote:
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>>>> Chris Vaas wrote:
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>>>>> I am currently facing the following log output:
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>>>>> Apr 26 16:40:28 h2290750 dovecot: auth: Error: pgsql(localhost):
>>>>> Connect failed to database mail: could not connect to server:
>>>>> Permission denied Apr 26 16:40:28 h2290750 dovecot: auth: Error:
>>>>> #011Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting
>>>>> Apr 26 16:40:28 h2290750 dovecot: auth: Error: #011TCP/IP
>>>>> connections on port 5432?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have double checked the database. It is listening correctly and I
>>>>> can connect to it via
>>>>>
>>>>> psql -U mailreader mail
>>>>>
>>>>> I provided all necessary information to dovecot via this
>>>>> configuration snippet:
>>>>>
>>>>> driver = pgsql connect = host=localhost dbname=mail user=mailreader
>>>>> password=secret default_pass_scheme = SHA512
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> does Postgres allow connections on "host ::1" for user mailreader ?
>>>> Actually I wonder, because I thought the Postgres lib defaults to
>>>> "local" (socket) by default on localhost -> does Postgres allow
>>>> connections on "local" for mailreader? Permissions are configured in
>>>> pg_hba.conf, but -> Does Postgres logs something? It should if PG
>>>> denies the connection.
>>>>
>>>
>>  I set the host to 127.0.0.1 now. And my pg_hba.conf looks like that:
>>>
>>> # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
>>> # Mail stuff
>>> host    mail            mailreader      127.0.0.1/32            md5
>>> host    mail            mailreader      ::1/128                 md5
>>> local   all             all                                     md5
>>> host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            ident
>>> host    all             all             ::1/128                 ident
>>>
>>
>> What about the "Does Postgres logs something?"
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> The log under /var/logs/pgsql is completely empty.

In addition to Aleksandar's question: Does Postgres runs at all?

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>>  Do you have SELinux or something like that running?
>> What about this question?
>
> I do have a SELinux up and running, yeah.

Did you've checked its logs, e.g. (pretty old):
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2006-03/msg05342.html

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Steffen Kaiser
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