Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:33:41 -0500 From: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: qpopper error Message-ID: <FD5CC876-BA6D-4EB7-BF23-75D639955326@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <42B741AE.80806@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <C620267C-F724-4658-A87B-61D392A9AC60@charter.net> <42B741AE.80806@scls.lib.wi.us>
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On Jun 20, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Greg Barniskis wrote: > 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 > That took care of it! Thanks, Glenn! Thanks, Charles
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