>Thanks. There could be 40-50 users faced with this issue, I've >discovered. I'd hate for you to not get that money. OTOH, I doubt the >cheapskates would be willing to use a solution that cost them even a >fiver. They might scream knowing that I would be the one setting all >the passwords, but cost them money and suddenly it's OK :-)
Seriously, don't worry about the $5. I know there are actually hundreds of people that have downloaded the app. I wrote the thing while eating lunch one day, so it isn't like it took me any real effort. If a user pays, they pay, if not, whatever, leave it up to the guilt (or lack there of) of the individual users. >Thanks. But does your PWDer and the cgi version depend on the mail >server supporting the poppass protocol? Yes, the mail server needs to already support it. All it does is make a web interface to the mail server's existing poppass support. >I'm missing something fundamental on this one. It's basically a >front-end to /bin/passwd, which is used to change the passwords on, >for lack of a better description, shell accts on a *nix box. A mail >server's accounts need not have, and often do not have, a connection >to "regular" user accounts, so I don't see exactly how this would >apply. You understand correctly. If you are not creating actual user accounts on the server, then I don't know if this will work for you or not. >Or am I missing something fundamental about postfix? When one creates >a postfix mail account, and assigns it a password, is that info kept >in the same file (/etc/passwd or the equivalent) as the regular shell >accounts? I've not yet taken the leap to postfix myself, so I'm not 100% sure. I was under the impression that it COULD use regular system accounts, and thus the passwd tool would work. However, I'm also under the impression that it does not *HAVE* to use system accounts, and instead can use local postfix only mailbox accounts. In that case, I do not know how it deals with the password, and if the passwd tool would work or not. I'd think, even if it isn't using a system account (and thus passwd doesn't work), that there has to still be some method of changing a password. You could likely modify the source code off that poppass deamon to work with whatever method postfix does use. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
