Re: [vchkpw] Problem with vchkpw, system accounts, and smtp-auth.

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Paul Robinson [vchkpw] wrote:

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Hi,

I was able to resolve this without the assistance of the list and am
embarrassed to admit that somehow, despite setting many compile-type
configuration options with vpopmail, I missed the --enable-passwd=y
directive to the configure script.  I'm a tad embarrassed, but perhaps
having this in the archives will help someone else resolve their issues.
(Ironically, I managed to migrate all my system accounts over to vpopmail
before figuring out what the problem was.)
Many thanks!

Cheers,

Paul Robinson
gotclue.net
 

No need to be emberrased, every once in a while even the most 
experienced will miss one thing. Personally i missed this flag as well, 
but i just as you also figured it out. :)

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Re: [vchkpw] Problem with vchkpw, system accounts, and smtp-auth.

[Paul Robinson \[vchkpw\]]

 I've attempted to use vchkpw to authenticate both system (/etc/passwd)
accounts
 and virtual (vpopmail) accounts, as vchkpw's documentation suggests it will
 do.  Unfortunately, my system accounts can not authenticate via vchkpw as
 called by both IMAP and SMTP-AUTH services.  Virtual accounts authenticate
 correctly to both mechanisms.


[...]

 So, my question in a nutshell is: Does vchkpw really handle both system
 and
 virtual accounts, and if so, what might I be doing wrong to keep it from
 working as advertised?

Hi,

I was able to resolve this without the assistance of the list and am
embarrassed to admit that somehow, despite setting many compile-type
configuration options with vpopmail, I missed the --enable-passwd=y
directive to the configure script.  I'm a tad embarrassed, but perhaps
having this in the archives will help someone else resolve their issues.
(Ironically, I managed to migrate all my system accounts over to vpopmail
before figuring out what the problem was.)

Many thanks!

Cheers,

Paul Robinson
gotclue.net