On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 03:30:18PM -0500, Justin Shore wrote:
> I'm successfully using this on RH 7.2 and 7.3 boxes.
> 
> ./configure  --prefix=/usr/local/ --sysconfdir=/etc/qpopper 
> --with-pam=pop3 --with-popuid=pop --with-log-facility=LOG_LOCAL1 
> --enable-shy --enable-log-login --enable-servermode 
> --enable-bulletins=/var/mail/bulls --enable-spool-dir=/var/mail/spool 
> --enable-popuid=pop --enable-temp-drop-dir=/var/mail/poptemp 
> --enable-fast-update
> 
> I suspect you need PAM support.  Don't mess with the specailauth 
> stuff; let PAM do its job.  My /etc/pam.d/pop3 contains:
> 
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow
> account    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
> password   required     /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so
> password   required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow
> session    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so

Actually... absence of this configuration file to tell PAM to authorize
POP connections might be exactly the problem.  

I don't use PAM so I tend to forget about this.

  -- Clifton

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