I'm an newbie to qmail (and also linux) and hope to find help.
After setting up qmail on SuSE-Linux 6.1 I found a problem with my
pop3-server.
When contacting the pop3-server the messages "authorization failed"
appears. I start the pop3-server in /etc/inetd.conf with this line:
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup qmail-popup
michael.neubert.de /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d
/home/$USER/.mailspool/
After a few tests, I found the following:
run 1. test as user
michael@michael:~ > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup host /bin/checkpassword
pwd
+OK <569.945710144@host>
user linux
+OK
pass 12345
-ERR authorization failed
michael@michael:~ >
run 2. test as root
michael:~ # /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup host /bin/checkpassword pwd
+OK <548.945710015@host>
user linux
+OK
pass 12345
/home/linux
michael:~ #
I have already checked the rights of /var/qmail... and
/bin/checkpassword. All looks like described in the qmail
INSTALL...-files.
Thanks in advance for any idea!
Michael
