[francois@tourde.org (François TOURDE)] Re: securing pop3

2003-02-11 Thread François TOURDE
Oops, sorry, first post in a bad list. Here's the correct one... ---BeginMessage--- Janus N. Tøndering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Both /bin/false and /bin/true has been suggested. Any difference in using the two? Yes. /bin/true allow a ftp account, /bin/false no. It's an old style ftpaccess

[francois@tourde.org (François TOURDE)] Re: securing pop3

2003-02-11 Thread François TOURDE
Oops, sorry, first post in a bad list. Here's the correct one... ---BeginMessage--- Janus N. Tøndering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Both /bin/false and /bin/true has been suggested. Any difference in using the two? Yes. /bin/true allow a ftp account, /bin/false no. It's an old style ftpaccess

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread vincenzo
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:23:33 +0100 Kristof Goossens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system.

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach vincenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2156 +0100]: I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system. Well,

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Bernard Lheureux
On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system.

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2226 +0100]: That lets you in just fine unfortunately. so put /bin/true for the shell. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer, admin,

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread vincenzo
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:26:03 -0500 (EST) Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That lets you in just fine unfortunately. mdresser:x:1000:1000:Mike Dresser,,,:/home/mdresser: x:~# login x login: mdresser Password: Last login: Mon Feb 10 16:23:51 2003 on pts/1 Linux x 2.4.20 #1 SMP Sun

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Bernard Lheureux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030210 14:07]: On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Johannes Berth
* vincenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can simply add them in the /etc/passwd file without giving any shell at all, like that: leon:x:1050:100::/home/leon: /--[ man 5 passwd ]: | If this field is empty, it defaults to the value /bin/sh. \-- /bin/false would be a better solution. -- To

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Tim van Erven
On Mon, 10/02/2003 10:53 +0100, Bernard Lheureux wrote: On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? It's in stable. You might want to recompile that package without pthread

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Ross Currie
Quoting vincenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:26:03 -0500 (EST) Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That lets you in just fine unfortunately. mdresser:x:1000:1000:Mike Dresser,,,:/home/mdresser: x:~# login x login: mdresser Password: Last login: Mon Feb 10

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Bernard Lheureux
On Monday 10 February 2003 23:20, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Bernard Lheureux [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2253 +0100]: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? it's in non-US, so include the non-US mirrors in your

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Jens Schuessler
* Bernard Lheureux [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-02-03 22:53]: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? ?? $ apt-cache show stunnel Package: stunnel Priority: optional Section: non-US Installed-Size: 220 Maintainer: Paolo Molaro [EMAIL

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Janus N.
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 19:30, Ross Currie wrote: quite right. You'll want to put something like /bin/false in your passwd file as the user's shell. Both /bin/false and /bin/true has been suggested. Any difference in using the two? Janus -- Janus Nørgaard Tøndering email:

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Glen Mehn
Janus N. Tøndering wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 19:30, Ross Currie wrote: quite right. You'll want to put something like /bin/false in your passwd file as the user's shell. Both /bin/false and /bin/true has been suggested. Any difference in using the two? /bin/false returns false, while

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread vincenzo
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:23:33 +0100 Kristof Goossens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system.

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach vincenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2156 +0100]: I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system. Well,

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Bernard Lheureux
On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system.

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2226 +0100]: That lets you in just fine unfortunately. so put /bin/true for the shell. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer, admin,

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread vincenzo
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:26:03 -0500 (EST) Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That lets you in just fine unfortunately. mdresser:x:1000:1000:Mike Dresser,,,:/home/mdresser: x:~# login x login: mdresser Password: Last login: Mon Feb 10 16:23:51 2003 on pts/1 Linux x 2.4.20 #1 SMP Sun

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bernard Lheureux [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2253 +0100]: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? it's in non-US, so include the non-US mirrors in your sources.list! but i suggest you use courier-pop-ssl,

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Bernard Lheureux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030210 14:07]: On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Johannes Berth
* vincenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can simply add them in the /etc/passwd file without giving any shell at all, like that: leon:x:1050:100::/home/leon: /--[ man 5 passwd ]: | If this field is empty, it defaults to the value /bin/sh. \-- /bin/false would be a better solution.

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Tim van Erven
On Mon, 10/02/2003 10:53 +0100, Bernard Lheureux wrote: On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? It's in stable. You might want to recompile that package without pthread

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Ross Currie
Quoting vincenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:26:03 -0500 (EST) Mike Dresser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That lets you in just fine unfortunately. mdresser:x:1000:1000:Mike Dresser,,,:/home/mdresser: x:~# login x login: mdresser Password: Last login: Mon Feb 10

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Bernard Lheureux
On Monday 10 February 2003 23:20, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Bernard Lheureux [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003.02.10.2253 +0100]: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? it's in non-US, so include the non-US mirrors in your

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Jens Schuessler
* Bernard Lheureux [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-02-03 22:53]: About securing POP3, IMAP or SMTP, does someone know where I could find .deb packages of stunnel ? ?? $ apt-cache show stunnel Package: stunnel Priority: optional Section: non-US Installed-Size: 220 Maintainer: Paolo Molaro [EMAIL

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Janus N.
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 19:30, Ross Currie wrote: quite right. You'll want to put something like /bin/false in your passwd file as the user's shell. Both /bin/false and /bin/true has been suggested. Any difference in using the two? Janus -- Janus Nørgaard Tøndering email:

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Glen Mehn
Janus N. Tøndering wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 19:30, Ross Currie wrote: quite right. You'll want to put something like /bin/false in your passwd file as the user's shell. Both /bin/false and /bin/true has been suggested. Any difference in using the two? /bin/false returns false, while

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-08 Thread François TOURDE
Kristof Goossens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system. Well, they can have

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-08 Thread tps
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:23:33PM +0100, Kristof Goossens wrote: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-08 Thread Kuba Jakubik
Kristof Goossens wrote: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system. Well, they can have a pop3 account, but no

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-08 Thread François TOURDE
Kristof Goossens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system. Well, they can have

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-08 Thread Tim van Erven
On Sat, 08/02/2003 03:52 +0100, Kuba Jakubik wrote: Kristof Goossens wrote: /bin/false. So my question is: Is it possible to create a pop3 account without needing to modify the /etc/passwd file? You should use a pop3 server that supports virtual users, like popa3d[1]. you need the users to