You have just clarified what I suspected. Being new, I struggle with which program is causing what problem. Sorry, if I took to much of your time. I certainly appreciate your help. Thank you. (Enjoy your weekend.) Paul Lesniewski wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Bob Wooden <bobwdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > You do realize that this has absolutely nothing to do with SM, right? > You still have not configured your IMAP system, and SM is merely an > IMAP client. You could increase Courier IMAP's logging verbosity to > help, but the fact that you found the broken SQL query should already > be enough to point you in the right direction -- the query is built > from authmysqlrc. You should already know this and have reviewed that > file. This page in that HOWTO explains it: > > http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/edition5.html#conf_imap > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: 270.6.21/1669 - Release Date: 9/12/2008 2:18 PM > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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