Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:22:38 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: qpopper error Message-ID: <42B741AE.80806@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <C620267C-F724-4658-A87B-61D392A9AC60@charter.net> References: <C620267C-F724-4658-A87B-61D392A9AC60@charter.net>
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Charles Howse wrote: > Hi, > In my research before posting this question, I saw this same question > in numerous places, but I never saw a resolution! > > I have qpopper 4.0.5 running from inetd on FBSD 4.11. > I start it thus: /usr/local/libexec/qpopper > When I connect from my Mac to check my mail, I see the following in / > var/log/messages: > > Jun 19 19:45:18 moe qpopper[199]: charles at 192.168.254.3 > (192.168.254.3): -ERR > [SYS/TMP] POP authentication DB not abailable (user charles): No such > file or directory (2) > > Anyone have any ideas what's wrong? I could be mistaken, but it looks like maybe it's looking for a separate POP user authentication database separate from /etc/passwd. I know that we do this to support APOP logins. Do you have /usr/local/etc/qpopper/pop.auth.db ? You may need to initialize it and then add your username to it. man qpopauth -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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