> On 02/01/2022 22:36 Ken Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dovecot has been giving me problems for the past week or so. Today the > error log showed me this: > > Jan 2 13:33:39 grace dovecot: auth-worker(3250): Error: > mysql(localhost): Connect failed to database (postfix): Can't connect > to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) > - waiting for 5 seconds before retry > > The socket is there, showing full permissions (rwx for owner, group, > and rest of the universe) so I can't understand why dovecot can't > connect. > > Is there anyone who can help? > > Ken
Maybe MySQL is not running, or perhaps something is blocking connecting to it? Check dmesg and (if on redhat based system) /var/log/audit/audit.log Aki
