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Date:      Wed, 05 May 1999 11:53:28 +0300
From:      "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua>
To:        Fernando Cozinheiro <cooker@queen.staff.ci.ua.pt>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compiling QPOPPER3.x
Message-ID:  <37300707.57A23CF6@prime.net.ua>
References:  <19990504083723.E334@queen.staff.ci.ua.pt> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905041536450.28350-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <19990505052930.L334@queen.staff.ci.ua.pt>

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mail# man popauth
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POPAUTH(8)                                             POPAUTH(8)


NAME
       popauth - manipulate POP authorization DB

SYNOPSIS
       popauth   [-init]   [-list]   [-delete name]  [-user name]
       [-help]

DESCRIPTION
[skipped]

       user can remove a user entry from the authorization DB.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/popper/pop.auth.* POP authorization DB

Fernando Cozinheiro wrote:

> On 99 May 04, Doug White wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 May 1999, Fernando Cozinheiro wrote:
> >
> > > Dear friends:
> > >
> > > I'm trying to install  QPOPPER3.0  (beta 13 and beta 15) at FreeBSD  3.0
> > > systems, but I can't  succeed.  I think the problem  comes from the fact
> > > that  ./configure  doesn't  recognize  GDBM located under  /usr/local...
> > > When I try to compile the program, the compiler  presents some problems,
> > > linke  "undefined  symbols",  because  there  some  problems  at QPOPPER
> > > sources.  With some little arrangements at popper.h and popauth.c files,
> > > the compilation process succeeds.
> > >
> > > When    I    move     /usr/local/lib/libgdbm.a     to    /usr/lib    and
> > > /usr/local/include/gdbm.h  to /usr/include  ./configure  detect GDBM and
> > > the  compilation  succeeds...  but,  when  I try  to use  POPAUTH,  this
> > > program presents some problems, as you can see:
> > >
> > > mail# cd /usr/local/etc/qpopper
> > > mail# ls -la
> > > total 349
> > > drwxrwxrwx   2 root  wheel     512 May  3 20:44 .
> > > drwxr-xr-x  13 root  wheel     512 May  1 21:14 ..
> > > -rwsr-xr-x   1 pop   wheel   43306 May  3 20:42 popauth
> > > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  300665 May  3 20:42 popper
> > > mail# ./popauth -user test
> > > ./popauth: unable to open POP authentication DB /usr/local/etc/qpopper/pop.auth:
> > >      No such file or directory (580)
> >
> > Hm, it wants pop.auth and you have popauth.  What happens if you symlink
> > it?
>
> I think  that the  problem  is not  this  one.  In fact,  there  are two
> different   things:  popauth  is  the  program  that  manages  the  APOP
> database; pop.auth is the database file name.
>
> Any additional help will be appreciated.
>
> >
> > ln -s popauth pop.auth
> >
> > Doug White
> > Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org
> >
>
> --
> Fernando Cozinheiro
> System & Network Administrator
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
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