Re: [exim] Access denied for user: 'root@localhost

* sam <sam.wun@???> [1039 03:39]:
> Hi,
>
> When I tried to send email thru exim, I got an error about Access denied
> fro user: 'root@???' error.
> The complete logging msg is shown as below:
>
> cram authenticator failed for ([192.168.4.235]) [192.168.4.235]: 435
> Unable to authenticate at present (set_id=postmaster): lookup of "select
> clear from passwd where email = 'postmaster' and clear != '' and smtp =
> 'yes'" gave DEFER: MYSQL connection failed: Access denied for user:
> 'root@???' (Using password: YES)
>
> I m using MySQL 4.0 wiht Exim4.4

The mySQL login is failing .

Can you log into mysql with that user and password ?
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