Nice one! Perfect, it worked. Thanks for the help. Now back to work :)
I'll stay on the list and see if i can be of any help in the future nicholas > It'd probably be better to just recompile vpopmail without clear > passwords. > > -Clayton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marco [mailto:marco@;ellusion-networks.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] vpop and mysql problems (migration from linux to > solaris) > > > don't mind me, i was just babbling some thoughts earlier without merit. > I tested my theory by deleting the clear text password in mysql and i > can still authenticate. > > > Anyways, I'm sure it can't hurt to recompiling vpopmail > with --enable-clear-passwd=n. For some reason it seems to be trying to > access that pw_clear_passwd table which doesnt exist. I really don't > know why it is trying to access it. a quick hack might be to create the > pw_clear_passwd field, just to satisfy it being there and see if its > even gets populated. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] vpop and mysql problems (migration from linux to > solaris) > > >> Thanks for your answer >> >> Do you mean --enable-clear-passwd=n here? >> Im sure i didnt compile it with yes to clear passwords, and trawling >> through the database they look pretty encypted to me >> >> nicholas >> >> > I've wondered about the clear passwords. Whether or not i compile >> vpopmail with --enable-clear-passwd=y it still stores a clear text >> password. I was wondering if it does this regardless. It seems >> that its trying to pull the password from the pw_clear_password >> field and not the encrypted one. My thoughts are maybe vchkpw >> doesn't even match against the encrypted password, but only matches >> against the clear text password. >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "nicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:39 PM >> > Subject: [vchkpw] vpop and mysql problems (migration from linux to >> solaris) >> > >> > >> >> hello all >> >> >> >> Having a little problem here, and thought i would seek help. >> >> >> >> I have a working vpopmail 5.3.7 on linux with mysql 3.23.32 and >> qmail, and I want to move the environment over to a solaris box. >> >> The solaris box is Solaris 8 with vpopmail 5.3.7 and mysql 3.23.42 >> and >> > qmail. >> >> >> >> I compile and install vpopmail with nice options on the solaris >> box, tar up the relevant /home/vpopmail/domains etc temp user and >> other stuff (no bin or libs of course) and also copy them across to >> the solaris machine >> >> >> >> Then on the Linux box I do a mysqldump --opt vpopmail > >> vpopmail.sql and populate the mysql database on the solaris box >> with vpopmail.sql I connect to the new sql server and check, the >> data seems there. >> >> >> >> but when I telnet to 110 to my new solaris server to see if it all >> works i get this >> >> >> >> user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> ok >> >> pass xxxxxxxx >> >> vmysql: sql error[3]: Unknown column 'pw_clear_passwd' in 'field >> list' -ERR authorization failed >> >> Connection closed by foreign host >> >> >> >> Now, Im not too up on the tables and fields the vpopmail populates >> in a mysql database but surely for the same version of vpopmail on >> different OSes, i should have no problem >> >> Can anyone enlighten me on this error, my SQL needs improving. >> >> >> >> Many thanks >> >> >> >> nicholas
