It's a security concern. If you compiled it with MySQL support, you can run strings against the file and get the username and password you used for the MySQL connection. Just run the courier-imap configure with --disable-root-check
Also, these questions have been answered in the past. The mailing list is a great source of information. Regards, Tren -----Original Message----- From: Ajai Khattri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [vchkpw] Why hide ~vpopmail/lib ? Why does the default install of vpopmail remove access to ~vpopmail/lib? $ ls -l ~vpopmail total 24 drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 3 14:38 bin drwxr-xr-x 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 3 14:38 doc drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 4 01:31 domains drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 7 11:40 etc drwxr-xr-x 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 3 14:38 include drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 3 14:38 lib Since courier-imap insists on being built as a normal user, it fails to link in the vpopmail library... either you force it to make as root or you "chmod 755 ~vpopmail/lib". -- Aj. Systems Administrator / Developer
