correction for Qpopper FAQ (regarding xinetd on Red Hat)

[James Ralston]

On Wed, 16 May 2001, Wilson Machasilla wrote:
> I included this configuration in the mail because this is the config
> file model in the FAQ of Eudora Site.

So it is, and it's wrong.  :(

This is what appears in the FAQ:

    Create a file called pop3 in the /etc/xinetd.d directory that
    contains the following lines (adjust the server line to contain
    the path to the Qpopper executable, and the server_args line to
    contain any Qpopper command-line flags you wish to use; this
    example shows the executable located at /usr/local/lib/popper, and
    the -s command-line flag):

        service pop3
        {
                socket_type = stream
                protocol = tcp
                wait = no
                user = root
                server = /usr/local/lib/popper
                server_args = qpopper -s
                port = 110
        }

    Note that it may also be necessary to create an entry in the
    /etc/hosts.allow file such as the following:

        popper:ALL

    Additionally, the standard distribution of RedHat Linux 7.0
    installs the file /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 in support of its default
    POP3 service, which is likely to create a redundant POP3
    references for the xinetd daemon.  You may need to either delete
    the /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 file or comment out its service pop3 line.

I suggest replacing the above text with:

    Create a file called pop3 in the /etc/xinetd.d directory that
    contains the following lines (adjust the server line to contain
    the path to the Qpopper executable, and the server_args line to
    contain any Qpopper command-line flags you wish to use; this
    example shows the executable located at /usr/local/lib/popper, and
    the -s command-line flag):

        service pop3
        {
                socket_type = stream
                protocol = tcp
                wait = no
                user = root
                server = /usr/local/lib/popper
                server_args = -s
        }

    Then enable qpopper by using (as root) the chkconfig command:

        $ chkconfig pop3 on

    The standard distributions of RedHat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 install the
    files /etc/xinetd.d/ipop2 and /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 in support of
    its default POP3 service, which is likely to create a redundant
    POP3 references for the xinetd daemon.  You should make sure the
    ipop3 and ipop3 services are disabled:

        $ chkconfig ipop2 off
        $ chkconfig ipop3 off

    Also note that it may also be necessary to create an entry in the
    /etc/hosts.allow file such as the following:

        popper:ALL

-- 
James Ralston, Information Technology
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA