| Re: [mosquitto-dev] Unable to start mosquitto - problem with password file |
Having successfully used mosquitto a few years ago, I am trying to
install it on a couple of new machines. I have downloaded the latest
version from the PPA. All works fine on install.
My problems come when I try to modify the default conf file. Mosquitto
fails to (re)start with an exit code of 13, which I have run down to the
mosquitto log file entries of:
mosquitto version 2.0.18 starting
Config loaded from /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf.
Error: Unable to open pwfile "/etc/mosquitto/passwd".
Error opening password file "/etc/mosquitto/passwd".
I am generating the password file using the mosquitto_password utility,
which exits with a zero error code; in fact, I am using the example in
the docs. The password file looks sensible with the contents of:
username + ":" + a hashed password. I have even checked the file has
root R/W access.
Convinced I have not made a dumb mistake in mistyping the pathname - I
have cut-and-pasted the results of "ls /etc/mosquitto/passwd" directly
into the conf file. Also run it past colleagues who can't seen any typos.
The actual conf file I am using is:
persistence true
persistence_location /var/lib/mosquitto/
log_dest file /var/log/mosquitto/mosquitto.log
connection_messages true
allow_anonymous false
password_file /etc/mosquitto/passwd
listener 1883 localhost
Using Mosquitto 2.0.18 on Linux Mint v21.2
Any ideas? This all worked beautifully for me a few years ago... 🙁
P.
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