Connect failed to database

[Oliver Welter]

Am 02.03.2015 um 06:03 schrieb Dan LaSota:
> I have dovecot version 2.2.10
> dovecot -n output below
>
> I am seeing connection errors being written to my dovecot error log:
> Mar  1 19:51:15 mail dovecot: auth-worker(2224): Error: mysql(localhost): Connect failed to database (servermail): Access denied for user 'usermail'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 5 seconds before retry
>

Just some quick ideas
* check if the mysql socket file has rw permissions for the dovecot user
* Try to run the mysql query as user dovecot (su dovecot)
* Try to set the local ip instead of localhost (mysql makes a difference 
in the ACL checks if you come from localhost)

Oliver

-- 
Protect your environment -  close windows and adopt a penguin!

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 4074 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20150302/098da187/attachment.p7s>