Re: qmail pop3 AUTH-ERR

On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 04:55:55AM +0200, romeo wrote:
> I have installed qmail on the linux-firewall IPCOP (see
> www.ipcop.org). I have installed xinetd. I have tested the
> /bin/checkpassword programm manually as descibed on the qmail webpage.
> It works fine. But if I test it with telnet on port 110 in connection
> with xinetd I get the message:
> 
> -ERR authorization failed
> 
> My xinetd.conf is:

[snip]

> service pop3
> {
>         socket_type     = stream
>         protocol        = tcp
>         user            = qmaild
>         wait            = no
>         server          = /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
>         server_args     = intern.eproduction.ch /bin/checkpassword
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir
> #        disable         = no
> }

I don't know anything about xinetd, so I can't comment on the syntax, but you
need to run checkpassword as the user root.

Chris

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