[NTLUG:Discuss] pop3 account/check password problem.

[Greg Edwards]

m m wrote:
> 
> Is there any one use pop3 a do you create/check pop3 user before login? I
> have tried to create password by perl, then copy and paste the encrypted
> password to password file (not in/etc/password), use Dan Bernstein and some
> other people's checkpassword program and try to login in to pop3 server,
> never get it work.
> here is the link
> http://www.pgregg.com/projects/qmail/singleuid/index.php and
> http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/install.html
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> thank
> 

I run pop3 through xinetd on my mail server and I've got external users
accessing it with no problems.  I have my users registered as normal
system users so they exist in /etc/passwd (shadowed of course).

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com