if you dont afraid, you may try to test version of vchkpw with corrections of mine, there is support for courier servers (imap & pop3) with all features (maybe some of them alternative) of native vchkpw.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 1:15 PM Subject: [vchkpw] Courier-IMAP with VPOPMAIL > > You guessed it, more Courier-IMAP with VPOPMAIL questions, sorry. :-( > > System: RedHat 7.2 and RedHat 7.3 > > I've been working on this for two weeks and have read all the emails and > all the mail archives and all the instructions, and all the google.com > references I could find and nothing seems to be doing what I want. > > I'm trying to get Courier-IMAP 1.5.3.20020813 working with VPOPMAIL 5.3.8. > > I need to get system /etc/passwd (user/password) authentication for normal > system (shell) accounts, IP-ALIAS (user/password) authentication for virtual > accounts, which should fall back to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/password) > authentication for virtual accounts as a last resort. > > I can get system accounts working, no problem with Courier-IMAP. I can > get VPOPMAIL->userdb->Courier-IMAP working, but that doesn't do the > IP-ALIAS functions, i.e., it doesn't authenticate (user/password) when I > "telnet virtual1.domain.com 110" and try to log in with "user user1" with > "pass user1Password". > > Actually it appears that the Courier-IMAP authvchkpw program doesn't work > or at least is not working like I expected. > > I've gone through so many configuration iterations my head is spinning. > I've tried several different ones every day for the last two weeks. > > VPOPMAIL seems to be doing what it should...I'm just having terrible times > getting the COURIER-IMAP AUTHVCHKPW to work or do what I want. > > I'm building from (modified) *.src.rpm files so I don't think that the > problem is a previous installation. I'm very careful to wipe out the > previous iteration of install before trying a new iteration. > > Questions: > > 1. Am I missing something simple? > > 2. Is there a way to log more information from the Courier-IMAP authentication > methods? > > 3. Is there a way to use VPOPMAIL vchkpw authentication instead of > Courier-IMAP authchkpw authentication to work in Courier-IMAP and do > all three authentication methods? >
