[Dovecot] Strange Mysql connect problem

[Craig Jackson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss at iki.fi]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:24 AM
> To: Craig Jackson
> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Strange Mysql connect problem
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 21:37 -0500, Craig Jackson wrote:
> > Hi, I compiled Dovecot and Mysql on two different servers 
> each with the same options. Dovecot connects successfully on 
> Server B. Server A has this error in Dovecot trying to 
> connect to Mysql:
> > 
> > dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to 
> /tmp/mysql.sock (exim_db): Access denied for user 
> 'user'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 5 
> seconds before
> 
> I guess you mean this: http://wiki.dovecot.org/MysqlProblems
> 
> 

Yes, that fixed it. I had read the wiki page but dismissed it because we are using plain text passwords in that database. So I didn't think password encryption had anything to do with it.

Thank you very much, and thanks to others who replied. Have a good day.

Craig