You need my mod to qpopper. It checks the status of the user in AIX before
letting him in. I don't have it ported to the latest version but will work
on it in the next few days
Yiannos Pitas wrote:
> Yiannos Pitas wrote:
> >
> > I am running the latest version of qpopper (4.21) on an AIX box but have
> Make that 3.0.2!
>
> Yiannos
>
> > a problem
> > with security. Qpopper still allows users to fetch their email even when
> > one of the following
> > holds:
> >
> > 1. The user's password has expired,
> > 2. The user's unsuccefull login attempts have reached their maximun,
> > 3. The user's account has been locked by the sytem administrator,
> > 4 The user's workstation is not registered in the DNS address space.
> >
> > In the release notes, it is mentioned that at some point (since release
> > 2.1.4-b2)
> > the password expiration issue has been fixed for linux and so at that
> > point
> > Linux, Solaris and unixware checked for password epxiration.
> > This is what it is? AIX was left out?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Yiannos Pitas
> >
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> Computer Center, | 357-9-429774 (mobile)
> University Of Cyprus, | Fax: 357-2-756082
> Kallipoleos 75, | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2100 Nicosia, | http://www.ucy.ac.cy/
> CYPRUS. |
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