Re: checkpw: -ERR unable to write pipe

Sebastian Tennant <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.misc.pape.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Quoth Sebastian Tennant <[email protected]>:
> When I try testing checkpassword according to djb's instructions
> (http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/install.html) I get the following error:
>
>   -ERR unable to write pipe

Problem solved.  For the benefit of others, Gerrit's package doesn't
include /bin/checkpassword, only /usr/bin/checkpw, so test with the
following command instead:

  $ qmail-popup blah /usr/bin/checkpw pwd
  +OK <...@blah>
  user Frodo
  +OK
  pass Friend
  -ERR authorization failed

sdt
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