i use openbsd/i386, dovecot-cvs(today), mysql-5.0.18 today, i change the mysql_dbuser_password form OLD_PASSWORD to PASSWORD then dovecot can't connect to mysql-server shell$> mysql -u root -p mysql$> SET PASSWORD FOR 'db_user'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('db_pw'); now, dovecot CAN NOT connect to mysql-server shell$> mysql -u root -p mysql$> SET PASSWORD FOR 'db_user'@'localhost' = OLD_PASSWORD('db_pw'); now, dovecot CAN connect to mysql-server and everything work fine i patched src/lib-sql/driver-mysql.c to test, use something like: i_error("host(%s), db->user(%s), db->password(%s), db->dbname(%s) ....); before mysql_real_connect(), then see the maillog, the db->user/password/dbname is correct maillog: auth-worker(default): conn->mysql is NOT NULL auth-worker(default): host((null)), db->user(db_user), db->password(db_pw), db->dbname(dbname), db->port(0), unix_socket(/mysql.sock), db->client_flags(0) auth-worker(default): failed: (1) auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to (null) (dbname): Access denied for user 'db_user'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds before retry i wrote a small c program to test, it can success connect to mysql, use same user/password/dbname, with both OLD_PASSWORD/PASSWORD why dovecot can't to connect to mysql-server with PASSWORD? help please, thank you -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: dovecot.conf URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060207/7f052073/attachment.pl> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: dovecot-sql.conf URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060207/7f052073/attachment-0001.pl> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: patch-src_lib-sql_driver-mysql_c URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060207/7f052073/attachment-0002.pl> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: sql-connect.c Type: text/x-csrc Size: 1096 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060207/7f052073/attachment.bin>