[Dovecot] Fwd: Dovecot cannot connect to PostgreSQL server

[Chris Vaas]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Steffen Kaiser <
skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote:

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> On Mon, 28 Apr 2014, Chris Vaas wrote:
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>  I just looked into my SELinux audit log and found the following denial.
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>> type=AVC msg=audit(1398609990.493:280): avc:  denied  { name_connect } for
>> pid=5964 comm="auth" dest=5432
>> scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
>> tcontext=system_u:object_r:postgresql_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket
>>
>> There seems to be a good chance, that this is my problem, doesn't it? But
>> how can I allow the connection?
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> I don't run SELinux, checkout a SELinux HowTo, e.g.
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SELinux, audit2allow looks promising.
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> - -- Steffen Kaiser
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Bam. Works!

Thank you very much, everyone!

Cheers
Chris