[Dovecot] mysql authentication problems

[Jon Baker]

You need to change the db_unix_socket line to reference /var/run/ 
mysqld/mysqld.sock in your dovecot mysql conf file, not just comment  
it out.  Be sure to restart dovecot when you make the change as well.

On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Pedro Vieira wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your reply :)
>
> Yes, I'm susing both Debian and dovecot 0.99.14
>
> I tried to connect using  tcp and the authentication stills fails.
> With the db_unix_socket line comented I still get this error on my  
> mail logfile
>
> dovecot-auth: MySQL: Can't connect to database dovecot: Can't  
> connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/tmp/mysql.sock'
>
> I checked /etc/mysql/my.cnf and the path is correct: /var/run/ 
> mysqld/mysqld.sock.
>
>
> Any ideias? :(
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pedro

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