Re: [exim] Temporary internal error

Frankly, if other programs are accepting /var/run then something is
screwy. I've got Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my server and /var/run doesn't
exist without help. I.e.:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 17 05:52 /var/run -> /run


On 9/17/2020 2:20 PM, Yves Goergen via Exim-users wrote:
> One step further: I added another slash at the database connection and
> just left the password empty. Now I get this output:
>
>  PGSQL new connection: socket=/var/run/postgresql/ database=dfctl
> user=mailreader
>  lookup deferred: PGSQL invalid filename for socket: /var/run/postgresql/
>
> The first line looks as expected now, and the second, too. But why
> can't Exim accept that path if all other applications can?
>
>
>
> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------
> Von: Yves Goergen via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2020, 21:56 MESZ
> Betreff: [exim] Temporary internal error
>
> Hm, this prints more details, among others:
>
>    PGSQL new connection: socket=/var/run/postgresql database=) user=dfctl
>    lookup deferred: PGSQL invalid filename for socket:
> /var/run/postgresql
>
> I'm not sure what's exactly invalid here. But it's not what I configured
> either. This is the relevant config:
>
> PGSQL_HOST = (/var/run/postgresql/)
> PGSQL_USER = mailreader
> PGSQL_DB   = dfctl
> hide pgsql_servers = "PGSQL_HOST/PGSQL_DB/PGSQL_USER"
>
> Somehow Exim got confused with the database connection parts. The
> parenthesis syntax was explained in the documentation, to avoid
> confusion with all those slashes in there. Doesn't seem to work, it got
> confused.
>
> How should I configure a PostgreSQL connection using a local socket and
> no password in Exim?
>
> The socket path works fine in Dovecot, exactly as shown, with leading
> and trailing slash.
>
>
>
> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------
> Von: Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2020, 21:42 MESZ
> Betreff: [exim] Temporary internal error
>
> On 17/09/2020 20:32, Yves Goergen via Exim-users wrote:
> exim -bt demo@???
>
> exim -d -bt demo@???
>
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--- Dan