On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Bob Wooden <bobwdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My software install was done following "How to setup a mail server on a > GNU/Linux system" written by Ivar Abrahamson over at flurdy.com. I am > sure everyone on this list is familiar, as I see some references to it > in the archives. No, never heard of it. Please provide a full link next time: http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/index.html > May problem is I cannot login to the "Squirrelmail login homepage." I > can successfully ssh into this machine. I can access the "phpmyadmin > home page." On this phpmyadmin login, my user and password work. > > When I try to login to Squirrelmail, I get a "ERROR: Connection dropped > by IMAP server." > > Tailing the mail.info (log) I see "[date] [time] [myservername] > authdaemond: failed to connect to mysql server (server=localhost, > user=admin): Access denied for user 'admin@localhost' (using password: YES)" > > My mysql.log shows "...Access denied for user 'admin@localhost' (using > password: YES)" > > I have reviewed my setup and confirmed that I never setup > admin@localhost and that admin user does not exist on my system. So, I > have been trying (with no luck) to find out why authdaemond is asking to > connect via admin@localhost? "admin" should be a user in MySQL, not on the local system. Find the Courier Authlib "authdaemonrc" configuration file and change the username is uses to log in to MySQL to whatever username you have set up for that purpose. Again, we're talking MySQL users, not local ones. > I have may years experience with Linux and a couple years experience > with Ubuntu. And yet, I am a newbie in the software area of mail > servers. This is my first attempt, so, I may have made a stupid mistake, > somewhere. So, I apologize for my newness up front, but I have to start > somewhere. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
