On: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:29:56 -0500, Adam wrote: > On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 15:42 +0100, Gabor Gombas wrote: > > IIRC MySQL tries to use an UNIX socket instead of TCP for connecting to > > the server when it sees the "localhost" string. If e.g. sendmail runs > > chrooted, then it won't see the MySQL server's socket, therefore it > > won't be able to connect. > > What happens if, instead of the literal "localhost", you say > "127.0.0.1". Hi-jacking the localhost string seems wrong, but it might > be accepted/well-known behavior at this point. And possibly buried > in the MySQL library [and not in SASL; in fact, I'd wager that is true. > Shortcuts and general funny-business is pretty much MySQL's primary > prerogative]. > Yes 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost works... it's down to somebodies ghost in the machine then! ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus
