I have already read the documentation.  I'm have a problem with popauth.  I'm running Redhat 9 which is fully updated with up2date.

Here is the configure command line I used:
./configure --enable-apop=/etc/pop.auth --enable-popuid=504

Here is the entry for the 'pop' account in my /etc/passwd:
pop:x:504:503:Qpopper Mail Service:/home/pop:/bin/false

Here is the entry for the 'pop' group in my /etc/group:
pop:x:503:

Here is popauth and popper binary in my /usr/local/sbin:
-rwsr-xr-x    1 pop      root        34384 Aug 12 16:03 popauth
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       123348 Aug 12 16:03 popper

Here is popauth and popper biniary in my /usr/local/sbin showing uid number:
-rwsr-xr-x    1 504      0             34K Aug 12 16:06 popauth
-rwxr-xr-x    1 0        0            120K Aug 12 16:06 popper

It had no errors with 'configure' or 'make'.

Here is the end part of output from 'make install':
/usr/bin/install -c -s -m 0755 -o root popper /usr/local/sbin/popper
echo "Installed popper as /usr/local/sbin/popper"
Installed popper as /usr/local/sbin/popper
if [ "x" != "x" ]; then \
    cd ../password && make install ;\
fi
if [ "xpopauth" != "x" ]; then \
    /usr/bin/install -c -s -m 4755 -o 504 -g 0 popauth \
               /usr/local/sbin/popauth; \
    echo "Installed popauth as /usr/local/sbin/popauth " \
         "with uid 504"; \
    /usr/local/sbin/popauth -init -safe; \
fi
Installed popauth as /usr/local/sbin/popauth  with uid 504
/usr/local/sbin/popauth: "504": userid unknown
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/shares/public/qpopper4.0.5/popper'
make: *** [install] Error 2

As you can see the popuid 504 does exist.  The first time I compiled qpopper it worked fine.  It quit compiling correctly the 2nd time I tried compiling it.  I even removed the previously installed files.  The pop account is not locked.

Here is the error I receive when I run 'popauth -init':
./popauth: "504": userid unknown

Like I said, the first time I compiled it everyone worked fine.  I just wanted to try out some different command line arguments with configure.  I've even tried the same exact installation procedures as I did the first time when it was working.  But that isn't helping this time :(  Any suggestions?  I've even tried deleting the pop user and group and then recreating them.  That didn't help either.  And yes, I had the pop user created before I tried installing/configuring qpopper.


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