no authentication on pop / imap > Access denied for user 'ispconfig'@'localhost'

Seems my update troubles aren't over yet.

I think something is wrong in either
/etc/courier/authmysqlrc
/etc/courier/authdaemonrc

After updating mysql and a couple of other packages my courier-imap & pop seems to be dead.
Mails are getting delivered but I can not retrieve them.

Ispconfig status shows all services online. but no imap / pop access.

running > mysql -h localhost -u ispconfig

gives a strange result as with phpmyadmin I can login as user ispconfig and the password provided in authmysqlrc

( i'm getting > Access denied for user 'ispconfig'@'localhost' )
are those brackets normal ?

I did a manual update > php -q update.php on the extracted source allready.
and had to reinstall maildrop to squash another issue
but now i'm out of ideas

system = debian squeeze

netstat -tap looks normal

Code:

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:10024 *:*                     LISTEN      2239/amavisd (maste
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:10025 *:*                     LISTEN      4001/master
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:mysql *:*                     LISTEN      12169/mysqld
tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                *:*                     LISTEN      1928/portmap
tcp        0      0 *:ssmtp                 *:*                     LISTEN      4001/master
tcp        0      0 *:epmd                  *:*                     LISTEN      3382/epmd
tcp        0      0 *:munin                 *:*                     LISTEN      4318/munin-node
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                   *:*                     LISTEN      4016/pure-ftpd (SER
tcp        0      0 hosted-by.leasew:domain *:*                     LISTEN      3897/mydns
tcp        0      0 3d.uk.to:domain         *:*                     LISTEN      3897/mydns
tcp        0      0 localhost.locald:domain *:*                     LISTEN      3897/mydns
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN      2214/sshd
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdoma:ipp *:*                     LISTEN      4190/cupsd
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdoma:855 *:*                     LISTEN      4071/famd
tcp        0      0 *:47511                 *:*                     LISTEN      3496/beam
tcp        0      0 *:3000                  *:*                     LISTEN      3910/ntop
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN      4001/master
tcp        0      0 3d.uk.to:ssh            eu62-88-25-20.ads:56426 ESTABLISHED 2229/sshd: root@not
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdom:epmd localhost.localdo:47226 ESTABLISHED 3382/epmd
tcp        1      0 localhost.localdo:58027 localhost.localdo:mysql CLOSE_WAIT  2470/amavisd (ch2-a
tcp        0      0 3d.uk.to:ssh            eu62-88-25-20.ads:56427 ESTABLISHED 2230/sshd: root@not
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:47226 localhost.localdom:epmd ESTABLISHED 3496/beam
tcp        0      0 3d.uk.to:ssh            eu62-88-25-20.ads:56428 ESTABLISHED 2231/sshd: root@not
tcp        1      0 localhost.localdo:41393 localhost.localdo:mysql CLOSE_WAIT  2471/amavisd (ch2-a
tcp        0      0 3d.uk.to:ssh            eu62-88-25-20.ads:56749 ESTABLISHED 11958/sshd: root@no
tcp        0    248 3d.uk.to:ssh            eu62-88-25-20.ads:56466 ESTABLISHED 5083/0
tcp6       0      0 [::]:imaps              [::]:*                  LISTEN      3237/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:pop3s              [::]:*                  LISTEN      3332/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:pop3               [::]:*                  LISTEN      3256/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:imap2              [::]:*                  LISTEN      3199/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:http-alt           [::]:*                  LISTEN      4264/apache2
tcp6       0      0 [::]:www                [::]:*                  LISTEN      4264/apache2
tcp6       0      0 [::]:tproxy             [::]:*                  LISTEN      4264/apache2
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ftp                [::]:*                  LISTEN      4016/pure-ftpd (SER
tcp6       0      0 localhost:domain        [::]:*                  LISTEN      3897/mydns
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ssh                [::]:*                  LISTEN      2214/sshd
tcp6       0      0 localhost:ipp           [::]:*                  LISTEN      4190/cupsd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:https              [::]:*                  LISTEN      4264/apache2

thanks in advance

 

thanks for the quick reply

yes the password in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/config.inc.php is identical

with phpmyadmin I can login using those credentials

 

mmm I found that the password in the mysql database > user ispconfig is different from the other passwords..

shouldn't those be identical ?

 

ok I made sure the database mysql user ispconfig entry is identical...

I can login using mysql -h localhost -u ispconfig -p


still no imap / pop access

 

Fixed !

solution was kind of stupid.....

as I didn't get any errors in my logs, and I was out of options
( triple checked everything )
I decided to toggle all mail accounts off / on .... & lo and behold ...
It works