Tomas, Cant i just use the pw utility that comes with freebsd,moreso since i use freebsd?? How do i elevate user privilileges with this? my users default login is set to nologin.
sim >>>> I use Squirrelmail-1.4.2 on freebsd 5.2. I downloaded the >>>> change_passwd-3.1-1.2.8 plugin and installed it. Anytime i try to >>>> change my password, i get this error message: >>>> >>>> cd /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/squirrelmail-1.4.2/plugins >>>> ../plugins/change_passwd/chpasswd 'name' 'oldpasswd' 'newpasswd' 2>&1 >>>> >>>> and when i go the path to run the command, without the 2>&1, i get >>>> this error: >>>> >>>> Current password is incorrect. >>>> >>>> I removed the plug-in and reinstalled. Then when i ran the chpasswd >>>> utility to change my password, i get this error: >>>> >>>> ./chpasswd: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required >>>> by ./chpasswd) >>>> >>>> Anybody ever seen these errores before?? >>>> >>> >>> How about doing it without SUID binaries compiled for Linux systems? >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/mail/poppassd/pkg-descr >>> http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=21 >> >> How do i achieve that? >> > > 1. install poppassd > cd /usr/ports/mail/poppassd > make install > > or > pkg_add -r poppassd > > 2. enable poppassd in superserver > vi /etc/inetd.conf > > add > > pop3pw stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/poppassd poppassd > > and restart inetd > > 3. download and install change_pass plugin. > 4. test it. > > If it does not work, read README file included in plugin. Try changing > password with 'telnet localhost 106'. > > You might want to replace inetd with xinetd and bind poppassd only to > local interface or adjust your firewall settings > > poppassd is better because: > a) you don't need to elevate user's privileges > b) you provide tool that can be used by any email client that supports > poppass protocol > c) there are poppass servers written for PAM, NIS, shadow passwords, LDAP > and courier authdaemon > > -- > Tomas > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on > Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, > one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology > Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com > -- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 > List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
