You have to compile with libcrypt, otherwise pop3d doesn't know where to
find for authenticating users.... i compiled Washingon Edu's POP3d w/o
libcrypt and i got the same error
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Wiplinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Qmail Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 8:35 AM
Subject: Single-UID based POP3 && checkpasswd
>Hi,
>
>I am happy that I can already send mail to each virtual domain user, but
>unfortunately till now I am not able to get it to work that the user can
>pickup the e-mails.
>
>(part of rc.local:)
>echo "starting qmail..."
>csh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
>#
>echo "starting qmail-smtp..."
>#/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -c100 -u 65534 0 smtp
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 5635 -g 101 -c400 0 smtp
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd \
>2>&1 |/var/qmail/bin/splogger smtpd 3 &
>#
>echo "starting qmail-popup..."
>/usr/local/bin/tcpserver 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
>www.trace.net.tw \
>/var/qmail/bin/checkpoppasswd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir &
>
>
>The program checkpoppasswd.c did not compile with "-lcrypt", however
>without it did. (I use Linux Slackware 3.6 with kernel 2.2.4 on this
>machine).
>The test telnet wiplinger.org 110 looks so:
>
>+OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>USER ronald
>+OK
>PASS passwd
>-ERR authorization failed
>
>(connection to host lost)
>
>DNS settings:
>@ IN SOA wiplinger.org. ronald.trace.net.tw. (
> 199906190 ; serial
> 172800 ; refresh
> 7200 ; retry
> 3600000 ; expire
> 172800 ; default_ttl
> )
>
> IN NS dns.trace.net.tw.
> IN NS dns2.trace.net.tw.
>
> IN A 202.80.128.231
> IN MX 0 www.trace.net.tw.
>mail IN CNAME wiplinger.org.
>www IN CNAME wiplinger.org.
>ftp IN CNAME wiplinger.org.
>
>
>
>Can anybody give me a hand on that?
>
>--
>Ronald Wiplinger (ÃQ¤¯¯Ç) http://www.trace.net.tw
>phone number = e-mail:
>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>