I've tried it without shadow passwords.
Changed the permissions of /var/mail to the required permissions as
written in INSTALL and FAQ.
ls -ld /var/mail
drwxrwxrwt 2 root mail 4096 Feb 16 12:11 /var/mail
When I telnet to port 110:
-ERR [SYS/PERM] Temporary drop /var/mail/.sander.pop not owned by
sander.
+OK Pop server at www1 signing off.
The file /var/mail/.sander.pop is created, but with the wrong
permissions:
ls -las .sander.pop
0 -rw------- 1 nobody nogroup 0 Feb 16 12:11 .sander.pop
Any suggestions ?
Richard van Drimmelen wrote:
>
> Thanks for your answer,
>
> Yes I'm using the shadow file (for obvious security reasons).
> I have added the specialauth and it didn't work.
>
> I also tried qpopper on a Sun Solaris 2.7 machine (also a 'shadowed'
> machine), and this worked in 5 minutes.
> Could it be a PAM problem ?
>
> Butch Kemper wrote:
> >
> > With the Debian Distributions, you can either use Shadow Passwords or not.
> >
> > If you are using Shadow Passwords, then you need "--enable-specialauth".
> >
> > If you are NOT using Shadow Passwords, then you do NOT need
> > "--enable-specialauth".
> >
> > Look at the entry for "sander" in /etc/passwd. The second field in the
> > record contains the password. If it contains an "*", then you are using
> > Shadow Passwords. Look at the entry for "sander" in /etc/shadow and there
> > the second field will contain the password.
> >
> > Take a look at "man shadowconfig". This is the command to turn on|off the
> > shadow passwords.
> >
> > Butch
> >
> > At 03:01 AM 2/15/01, you wrote:
> > >Trying to install qp 3.1.2 on a Linux 2.2.17 kernel (Debain 2.2).
> > >
> > >I have added "--enable-specialauth" to configure, but still I get
> > >rejected when telnetting to port 110.
> > >
> > >telnet localhost 110
> > >Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > >Connected to localhost.
> > >Escape character is '^]'.
> > >+OK QPOP (version 3.1.2) at localhost starting.
> > >user sander
> > >+OK Password required for sander.
> > >pass xxxxx
> > >-ERR [AUTH] Password supplied for "sander" is incorrect.
> > >+OK Pop server at localhost signing off.
> > >Connection closed by foreign host.
> > >
> > >
> > >In /var/log/mail.log:
> > >
> > >Feb 14 14:11:35 www1 popper[1147]: sander at localhost (127.0.0.1): -ERR
> > >[AUTH] Password supplied for "sander" is incorrect.
> > >Feb 14 14:11:35 www1 popper[1147]: [AUTH] Failed attempted login to
> > >sander from host (localhost) 127.0.0.1
> > >
> > >If I telnet to port 23 and login using this username/password, all works
> > >fine.
> > >
> > >Can someone help me out ?
> > >
> > >Thanks for your time,
>
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