Thanks for all the help - the problem is now fixed - I
recompiled, and ensured the sqwebmail ownership and
SUID execution were correctly defined.
Thanks again,
Mani
--- Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mani Akella writes:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a email server setup on a sun sparc /
> solaris
> > 2.8 server with qmail/vpopmail/sqwebmail running
> for
> > the past 12 months.
> >
> > Am using vchkpw for user accoutn authentication.
> >
> > Three times in these 12 months, sqwebmail suddenly
> > stopped allowing access to user mail accounts with
> the
> > error "invalid user ID or password"
> >
> > the first two times this happened, I recompiled
> the
> > sqwebmail cgi and reinstalled it - solved the
> problem.
> > this time, even that does not work.
> >
> > POP access to the same mailboxes with the same
> > password works fine - no problem there.
> >
> > Any pointers to what I am doing wrong or missing?
> If
> > this info is already posted in an archive
> somewhere,
> > please point me to it .
>
> The usual procedure is:
>
> Run "authlib/authtest userid password", to verify
> that the authentication
> module is working. You will get back the location
> of the mail account, and
> the userid/groupid. Verify that these items
> correctly represent reality.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sam
>
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