You're using Red Hat's virtual domain feature, which doesn't create users
in /etc/passwd (look in /etc/vmail/passwd.<domain>). Therefore you need
to use a POP3 server that understands that system; Red Hat provides
/usr/lib/linuxconf/lib/vpop3d for this purpose.
You can use Qpopper alongside of vpop3d (so that Qpopper handles your
`real' users, while vpop3d handles the virtual ones). This should help get
you started:
http://linuxconf.demo.nett.org/help:help.eng/mailconf/vdomain-4.html
Javier
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Dave Robinson wrote:
> Ok...I think we might be on to something. I went into LinuxConf and went
> into virtual mail domains. I deleted the users that were there and added a
> new one(all lower case). I then checked my passwd file and the new user was
> not there. I do have a file named shadow (no extension) and the new user
> doesnt exist in there either.
>
> So here is where I am at...
>
> Does the existence of a shadow file mean that the system is using shadow
> passwords?
>
> What is the correct procedure for entering user id's and passwords for
> virtual domains?
>
> Is there some other package I should be using for hosting a whole bunch of
> virtual domains?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Is pam enabled?
>
> Dave Robinson wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > the userid is in lowercase...and I am not using shadow passwords - I did
> try
> > the --enable-specialauth just for fun and it didn't work...
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > maybe you have JohnSmith capitalized in your password file. all usernames
> > should be lowercase.
> >
> > -Tony
> > .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.
> > Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Intergrafix Internet Services
> >
> > "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
> > http://www.asteroid-b612.org http://www.intergrafix.net
> > .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Dave Robinson wrote:
> >
> > > I am having a seriously hard time getting Qpopper to work on our Linux
> > mail
> > > server. Sendmail has been installed on this box and has been running
> > > perfectly for 9 months. I installed Qpopper and have not been able to
> get
> > it
> > > to run. I followed all of your FAQ's and even consulted our Linux
> > > consultants and no one can figure out what the problem is.
> > >
> > > Can you somehow offer me some assitance? The problem - whenever someone
> > logs
> > > in(using Outlook Express) they get a 'Your password was rejected' I have
> > > checked and rechecked the password. I am using standard Linux
> > > authentication, but tried the specialauth flag and still doesn't work.
> > >
> > > I enabled tracing and got the follwing output...
> > >
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: Debugging turned on [pop_init.c:240]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: (v3.0.2) Unable to get canonical
> name
> > of
> > > client ###.###.###.###: Unknown host (1) [pop_init.c:401]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: (v3.0.2) Servicing request from
> > > "###.###.###.###" at ###.###.###.### [pop_init.c:504]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: +OK QPOP (version 3.0.2) at
> > > mail.$$$$$$$.com starting. [popper.c:160]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: Qpopper ready for input from (null)
> at
> > > ###.###.###.### [###.###.###.###] [popper.c:188]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: Received (16): "USER JohnSmith"
> > > [pop_get_command.c:87]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: +OK Password required for JohnSmith.
> > > [pop_user.c:249]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: Qpopper ready for input from
> JohnSmith
> > > at ###.###.###.### [###.###.###.###] [popper.c:188]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: Received: "pass xxxxxxxxx"
> > > [pop_get_command.c:81]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:19 mail qpopper[1113]: User JohnSmith not in passwd file
> > > [pop_pass.c:886]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:29 mail qpopper[1113]: JohnSmith at ###.###.###.###
> > > (###.###.###.###): -ERR [AUTH] Password supplied for "JohnSmith" is
> > > incorrect. [pop_pass.c:888]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:29 mail qpopper[1113]: +OK Pop server at mail.$$$$$$$.com
> > > signing off. [popper.c:242]
> > > Dec 21 16:00:29 mail qpopper[1113]: (v3.0.2) Ending request from
> > "JohnSmith"
> > > at (###.###.###.###) ###.###.###.### [popper.c:253]
> > >
> > > I changed certain text in the trace to protect the innocent. I checked
> my
> > > \etc\passwd file and verified that JohnSmith existed. Does Qpopper use a
> > > different passwd file?
> > >
> > >
> > > Please Help!!!
> > >
> > > Dave Robinson
> > >
> > >
>
