Re: [vchkpw] sqwebmail and user ids

[Michael Bowe]

> I've noticed that sqwebmail+vchkpw will not authenticate users with ids
> less than 8 characters, i.e., [EMAIL PROTECTED] can log into
> sqwebmail, but [EMAIL PROTECTED] can not.  POP authentication works
> fine in either case.  Is there any way around this security feature?  I
> have users who would like to use their old (short) ids.  They do not
> have system accounts anyway.

What version of vpopmail are you using?

There is a bug in vpopmail-5.2.1 that prevents courier-imap / sqwebmail etc
from being able to reliably authenticate

If you are using vpopmail-5.2.1 then I would recommend you upgrade to 5.2.2
or one of the later dev versions, as these contain fixes for this bug

After upgrading your vpopmail, don't forget that you will also need to
recompile all the other add-on apps that use the vpopmail functions eg
qmailadmin, courier-imap, sqwebmail

Michael.

[vchkpw] sqwebmail and user ids

[Bill Guelker]

Hi,

I've noticed that sqwebmail+vchkpw will not authenticate users with ids
less than 8 characters, i.e., [EMAIL PROTECTED] can log into
sqwebmail, but [EMAIL PROTECTED] can not.  POP authentication works
fine in either case.  Is there any way around this security feature?  I
have users who would like to use their old (short) ids.  They do not
have system accounts anyway.

Sorry if this has been asked before  The list archives seem
unavailable.

Thanks in advance for any help!

bill