[Dovecot] Connection to PGSQL fails?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Sun Mar 17 00:00:07 EET 2013



Am 16.03.2013 22:50, schrieb Bjørn T Johansen:
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:38:20 +0100
> Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> 
>> Am 16.03.2013 22:36, schrieb Bjørn T Johansen:
>>> I have configured a new server and copied the dovecot-sql.conf file that works a different server to the new server... But when Dovecot tries to connect to the database, the
>>> following error appears..:
>>>
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Error: pgsql: Connect failed to serviceadmin: could not connect to server: Permission denied
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Error: #011Is the server running on host "10.50.150.35" and accepting
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Error: #011TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>>> Mar 16 22:28:25 smtp dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=1768)
>>>
>>> But if I use psql and connects to the same db server with the same username and password, I can successfully connect...
>>> What am I missing?
>>
>> most likely the difference between TCP and socket-connection
> 
> Using tcp for both dovecot and my test with psql...

i do not believe it..................

but however, if you do not post config informations and at teast the
exact command of "psql" i doubt someone can help you

most people do not realize that "localhost" is implicitly a unix-connection
and not the same as "127.0.0.1" as example

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