At 10:05 PM 8/8/2000 , UrBuN DeGeNeRaTe wrote:
>Hi There.
>
>I currently have Qmail 1.03 setup on an Intel based RedHat Linux 6.1
>machine. It is working fine except for a problem which I keep on getting
>when trying to check mail through a POP client .. I'm using qmail-pop3d as
>my POP server, and this is the exact line which I have in my inetd.conf file:
>
>pop3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
>jupiter.ddm-webservers.com /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d
>Maildir
>
>It's all on one line. I keep on getting messages about the autentication
>failing, and that I have entered the wrong username or password, when I am
>sure that they are completly correct! All of of my system password files
>(/etc/passwd) are using MD5 SHADOWED style passwords. I know there is
>something going on with checkpassword, but I don't know what. Can someone
>out there please help me!! ANY help or advice would be apriciated! Please !
I had the same problem a few weeks ago and this is the response I
got from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. The guy with the answers was
Jason L. Bubere (credit where due and all that. :o) )
Jason wrote:
>Take a look at this:
>/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -R -x/etc/tcp.pop3.cdb -c100 -u0 -g0 0 110
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup taylor.buberel.org /var/qmail/bin/checkpassword
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir | /var/qmail/bin/splogger
>qmail &
>The important part is the "-u0 -g0", which tells tcpserver to run
>checkpasswd as user 'root', group 'root'. Authentication will fail
>otherwise.
>-jason
That fixed it for me. YMMV.
Jerry Lynde
Daemonology - Invocation/Evocation, Banishing, et al.
Due Diligence Inc.
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