authentication failures for non-root user

"Neil Stickels" <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:29 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.djb.checkpassword
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I installed checkpassword using the rpm for my distro, and it works fine for
the root user.  I can run

/var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup blah /bin/checkpassword pwd

and if I put in a valid user and password, it will login fine.  However, if
I try to run this as a non-root user, I always get "-ERR authorization
failed".  Additionally, if I try to telnet to my server on port 110, even
when I put in the correct credentials, I get the authorization failed
message.  Because of this, I can't get my mail via pop.

Thanks,
Neil Stickels

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<br>I installed checkpassword using the rpm for my distro, and it works fine for the root user.&nbsp; I can run <br><pre style="margin-left: 40px;">/var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup blah /bin/checkpassword pwd</pre>and if I put in a valid user and password, it will login fine.&nbsp; However, if I try to run this as a non-root user, I always get &quot;-ERR authorization failed&quot;.&nbsp; Additionally, if I try to telnet to my server on port 110, even when I put in the correct credentials, I get the authorization failed message.&nbsp; Because of this, I can't get my mail via pop.
<br><br>Thanks,<br>Neil Stickels<br>

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