Topic: webmail "access denied"

[Allan Bergmann Jensen]

When I try to connect to webmail on my 5.6 e-smith server I get the following error:

A fatal error has occurred
object(db_error)(7) {
  ["error_message_prefix"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["mode"]=>
  int(1)
  ["level"]=>
  int(1024)
  ["code"]=>
  int(-24)
  ["message"]=>
  string(24) "DB Error: connect failed"
  ["userinfo"]=>
  string(86) " [nativecode=Access denied for user: 'horde@localhost' (Using password: YES)] ** Array"
  ["callback"]=>
  NULL
}
[/home/httpd/html/horde/lib/Prefs/sql.php : 102]
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Can anybody help?
Allan

[Dan Brown]

Well, either you've done something custom with the webmail system, or you've probably changed something with mysql.  Have you modified your system from stock in any way?

[Allan Bergmann Jensen]

Yes Dan, I have changed the MySql root password - could it be the reason for my problem, and can it be solved in any way?
Allan

[Bill Talcott]

Allan Bergmann Jensen wrote:
>
> Yes Dan, I have changed the MySql root password - could it be
> the reason for my problem, and can it be solved in any way?
> Allan

http://www.familybrown.org/howtos/mysql-password-howto.html

[Allan Bergmann Jensen]

Thank you,
The problem is solved with use of Dan Browns howto.

[Rob Shiras]

Well, that did not do it for me.  I have a very similar problem.  I think I caused it by copying all my database files from my old server to my new one when I upgraded.
Here is the message I get when I try to access webmail.  It is similar, but with a different error code:
A fatal error has occurred
object(db_error)(7) {
  ["error_message_prefix"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["mode"]=>
  int(1)
  ["level"]=>
  int(1024)
  ["code"]=>
  int(-24)
  ["message"]=>
  string(24) "DB Error: connect failed"
  ["userinfo"]=>
  string(86) " [nativecode=Access denied for user: 'horde@localhost' (Using password: YES)] ** Array"
  ["callback"]=>
  NULL
}
[/home/httpd/html/horde/lib/Prefs/sql.php : 102]

And resetting the root password for mysql doesn't solve my problem.