Problems with Dovecot to mysql socket with SELinux

[Michael Segel]

I ran in to other issues with SELinux not being able to get to the TLS certs. 

Got the same advice and shut off SELinux. 

I’d say use MariaDB over mySQL. 

> On Apr 26, 2017, at 1:37 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> 
> Anyone here running Dovecot connecting to mysql through the mysql.sock with SELinux enabled?
> 
> I am getting access errors that go away when I put SELinux in permissive mode.  I cannot find any direct help on this.  Most howtos say to disable SELinux; they just don't want to bother, and in part I can see that.
> 
> I have tried making a policy with allow2access and I get really bad SELinux errors with that.
> 
> So I am looking to see if anyone else is running this combination?
> 
> thanks