See comments below. Paul Lesniewski wrote: > 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 > ah, sorry. > >> 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. > On your advice, I went to this file and discovered some typos and corrected them. Now, I am getting a "ERROR Unknown user or password incorrect." And a link back to the login page. The mail.info file show activity that "imapd-ssl: LOGIN FAILED, user=[tried several existing users] ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] 9which looks like an ipv6 address to me) And 5 seconds later the next line is "imapd-ssl: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], rcvd=45, sent=334 The mysql.log shows "Query SELECT id, crypt, "", uid, gid, home, "", "" " Then after about 2 minutes "Quit" > >> 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. >> So, I still cannot login into Squirrelmail. Again, 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.20/1666 - Release Date: 9/11/2008 7:03 AM > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
