I've been running into password authentication problems with my RH 6.2
implementation. Open-ssh does weird things too... but back to qmail.
I _HAD_ qmail up and running happily yesterday. The famous line "I didn't
change anything and now it doesn't work."
Well obviously I have changed something.
I have been attempting to complete the Life with qmail documentation. With
success yesterday. (Thank you again for your help!)
Here's the info I hope is relevant:
Telnetting into the POP3 server, fails:
[root@mercury bob]# telnet localhost 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to mercury.redsea.co.cr (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <961.958499285@\>
user bob
+OK
pass xxxxxxx
-ERR authorization failed
Connection closed by foreign host.
Yet, using the checkpassword test as indicated in INSTALL for checkpassword:
root@mercury bob]# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup host /bin/checkpassword pwd
+OK <968.958499400@host>
user bob
+OK
pass xxxxxxx
/home/bob
[root@mercury bob]#
In /etc/inetd.conf I have:
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
qmail-popup \
mercury.redsea.co.cr /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d
Maildir
In /etc/services (as mentioned in the Note for Life with qmail.):
pop3 110/tcp pop-3 # POP version 3
pop3 110/udp pop-3
As always, constructive criticism, tips and suggestions are always
appreciated.
R. (Bob) Carpenter
CIO-Chief Information Officer
RedSea Management Ltd.
San Jos�, Costa Rica
(506) 204-3300
(506) 204-7090 fax
PGP Key available by request.
