Can't connect to database

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 02/01/2022 22:36 Ken Wright <daddywarlock at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Dovecot has been giving me problems for the past week or so.  Today the
> error log showed me this:
> 
> Jan  2 13:33:39 grace dovecot: auth-worker(3250): Error:
> mysql(localhost): Connect failed to database (postfix): Can't connect
> to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
> - waiting for 5 seconds before retry
> 
> The socket is there, showing full permissions (rwx for owner, group,
> and rest of the universe) so I can't understand why dovecot can't
> connect.
> 
> Is there anyone who can help?
> 
> Ken

Maybe MySQL is not running, or perhaps something is blocking connecting to it? Check dmesg and (if on redhat based system) /var/log/audit/audit.log

Aki