Thursday, June 23, 2011, 8:37:50 AM, you wrote: > Currently using dovecot 2.0.12 and mysql server 4.0.20 (I know, it's > really old) and having issues getting Dovecot to authenticate to the mysql > server. We have confirmed that the credentials are correct and the host > machine can access the database, however we are getting the following > error:
> Jun 23 08:12:50 hostname dovecot: auth: Error: mysql(databaseserver.com): > Connect failed to database (database): Access denied for user: > 'sqlad...@ip.of.host.machine' (Using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds > before retry > We are assuming this has something to do with the password hashing > algorithm in older versions of mysql, but we are hoping to confirm this > theory and find a solution. You need to make sure there is a mysql account named 'sqladmin'@'ip.of.host.machine' that has access to whatever database/table it needs. -- Best regards, Duane mailto:du...@duanemail.org