Re: [vchkpw] getting local mails via pop3

2003-06-26 Thread Peter Palmreuther
Hi Gonzo,

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:40:02 +0200 Gonzo wrote:

> I have qmail and vpopmail installed.
> Getting mails for virtual domains works well, but not for local users.
> pop3d runs as root (so it has access to /etc/passwd), 

qmail-pop3d don't want to access /etc/passwd. In fact it does not want
to access any file for autenticating anybody.

> but I don't know why this error occurs when I wan't to get my local
> mail via POP3:
> 
> The client gets:
> 
> -ERR authorization failed
> 
> Syslog prints:
> 
> Jun 25 18:39:41 base vpopmail[24197]: vchkpw: vpopmail user not found
> phi@:10.200.10.1

Are you sure you've compiled vpopmail with '--enable-passwd'???
_THIS_ error messages tells vchkpw searches vpopmail handled domains for
user 'phi', to be exactly it searched in a (presumbly non-existant)
domain with no name.

If vchkpw is not able to find a user in /etc/passwd the error message is
more like

vchkpw: system user not found phi:10.200.10.1

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 Thank you.

-- 
Ciao,
 Pit



RE: [vchkpw] getting local mails via pop3

2003-06-25 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
I'm a little confused here...why would you be continuing to use local
accounts if you've installed vpopmail?  I'm not an authority and not certain
about this, but it seems to me that it has to be one or the other, not both.

> -Original Message-
> From: Gonzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:40 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [vchkpw] getting local mails via pop3
>
>
> Hello.
>
> I have qmail and vpopmail installed.
> Getting mails for virtual domains works well, but not for local users.
> pop3d runs as root (so it has access to /etc/passwd), but I don't know
> why this error occurs when I wan't to get my local mail via POP3:
>
> The client gets:
>
> -ERR authorization failed
>
> Syslog prints:
>
> Jun 25 18:39:41 base vpopmail[24197]: vchkpw: vpopmail user not found
> phi@:10.200.10.1
>
> I'm running the client from the internal machine 10.200.10.1, thats
> why the IP is in the logs.
> phi definitly exists in /etc/passwd.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Gonzo
>
>