Mosquitto password not working

[hoka]

hi
i am still very new to pi and need help setting up Mosquitto with a password
i have set up Jessie and Mosquitto and both work well
my problem comes when i try to use a username / password with mosquitto
i have modified mosquitto.conf to:
allow_annonymous false
passwordfile pwfile
then created the pwfile using:
sudo mosquitto_passwd -c /etc/mosquitto/pwfile XXXXXXXXX
everything seems to work ok until i try to log in using
mosquitto_sub -u username -P password -t topic
i get the error connection refused
if i edit mosquitto.conf and comment out annonymous and passwordfile i can log in either with or without the user / password but i think that is to be expected
my problem is getting the password working correctly, i have removed the password file and tried again several times, i think my problem is something basic which i am missing

any help would be much appreciated
dave

[DougieLawson]

http://www.steves-internet-guide.com/mq ... d-example/

[hoka]

hi Dougie
BIG thanks for coming back to me
i tried your 'method one' as i had already tried the second method and this one seemed far simpler (all visible)
unfortunately i am getting exactly the same result, Error connection refused when i try to:
sub - mosquitto_sub -u dave -P passwd -t hello/world
pub - mosquitto_pub -u dave -P passwd -t topic -m hello

after setting annonymous & pwfile in mosquitto.conf
i'm sure i'm missibg something really basic but i dont really know where to look

thanks for the interest
dave

[DougieLawson]

This is the sort of thing that needs to be discussed on the Mosquitto-Dev mailing list at: https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mosquitto-dev

[hoka]

ok thanks i'll take it there to look for a solution, thanks for your help