[TriLUG] Moving from qpopper to RH imap/pop3d

[Jon Carnes]

Do you have the file: /etc/pam.d/pop
  #%PAM-1.0
  auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
  account    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so

Look at /etc/service to make sure that pop is defined on port 110

You might want to drop down the source and compile.  It's fairly easy to do.  
You can get the source (and support docs) from the University of Washington.

 --- Original Message: Friday 05 April 2002 05:40 pm ---
> I've been running a hacked version of Qpopper for years, and
> now I'm finally trying to move to the pop3d supported by Red Hat.
> Unfortunately, the latter is having trouble authenticating me.
>
> From a session with Qpopper as the server:
>
> +OK QPOP (version n.n.n) at Example.Com starting.
> USER foo
> +OK Password required for foo.
> PASS nevermind
> +OK foo has 3482 visible messages (0 hidden) in 68381723 octets.
> QUIT
> +OK Pop server at Example.Com signing off.
>
> But repeating the same sequence with RH's pop3d as the server
> (from the imap-2000c RPM):
>
> +OK POP3 localhost v2000.70rh server ready
> USER foo
> +OK User name accepted, password please
> PASS nevermind
> -ERR Bad login
> QUIT
> +OK Sayonara
>
> The exact same username and password.  One likes it, the other
> does not.  And nothing I've found on the Web in about four hours
> of searching has identified anything.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on this one?  Help!
>
> TIA..