[Dovecot] Dovecot cannot connect to PostgreSQL server

Christian Vaas ChristianVaas at auspex.eu
Sat Apr 26 16:25:41 UTC 2014


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On Apr 26, 2014 6:14 PM, "Benny Pedersen" <me at junc.eu> wrote:

> Chris Vaas skrev den 2014-04-26 18:06:
>
>> I am currently facing the following log output:
>>
>> 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
>> password_query = SELECT email as user, password,
>> 'maildir:/home/mail'||maildir as userdb_mail FROM users WHERE email = '%u'
>>
>> How can I debug this situation?
>>
>
> check /etc/gai.conf if localhost should prefer ipv4 last or first
>
> are postgresql listning on both ipv4 ipv6 ?
>
> is dovecot using the incorrect if no ?
>


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