Looks like you have wrong permissions on /var/mail. Here is what I have:
kemper:~$ ls -ld /var/mail
drwxrwsr-x 3 root mail 4096 Jan 26 21:43 /var/mail
kemper:~$
Butch
At 05:23 AM 2/16/01, Richard van Drimmelen wrote:
>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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>
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>Facility Management | phone: +31 20 5928080
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