On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Michael wrote:
> Thanks to all who suggested I uninstall daemontools 0.61 and reinstall
> 0.53. Everything seems to be up and running, however, now I am having
> problems with qmail-pop3d.
>
> I have tested the following:
> 1. Smtp sends mail out fine. I can send mail out from a local and remote
> account.
> 2. Receiving mail. I can receive mail locally and remotely (I see the
> messages appear in the /Maildir/new/ directory).
>
> I can't seem to pop any mail down yet. Checkpassword is installed and
> configured. When I run
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup slave-1.net /bin/checkpassword pwd
> as a user, then enter a valid "user username" at +OK, then a valid "pass
> password" at +OK prompt I get an -ERR authorization failed. If I perform the
> same command with the same user and password as root, I get the proper
> /home/$user directory. Is it by design that only root can get the correct
> response with checkpassword?
It is if you have shadowed passwords.
> Given the above, it would appear checkpassword is working properly (I
> think). However, when I try to pop my mail down I get an invalid password
> response. I am using a WinNT mail reader. Does the mail reader have to
> support ./Maildir if I am only POP'ing my mail down?
No, POP looks the same from the outside. The client need not know
anything at all about Maildirs.
How do you start your POP server?
> I am running qmail 1.03 on x86 Red Hat 6.0.
>
> Thanks.
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