RE: [tpop3d-discuss]auth-flatfile method

[Daryl Meese]

Another quick thought...

could this be a permissions problem?

The file is in the /var/mail directory (default permissions -- never been
touched)
the file is chmod 600 owned by mailnull | mail.

Could this be the problem?

The log files show

listeners_post_select: client [5]24.107.126.90/magiasoftware.com: connected
to local address 66.193.230.64:110
connection_parsecommand: client [5]24.107.126.90/magiasoftware.com: received
`USER address@hidden'
connection_sendresponse: client [5]24.107.126.90/magiasoftware.com: sent
`+OK Tell me your password.'
connection_parsecommand: client [5]24.107.126.90/magiasoftware.com: received
`PASS [...]'
authcontext_new_user_pass: began session for address@hidden' with
flatfile; uid 0, gid 0
fork_child: client address@hidden(24.107.126.90): authentication
context has UID of 0
fork_child: address@hidden(24.107.126.90): began session for
address@hidden' with flatfile; child PID i
s 663
connection_sendresponse: client address@hidden(24.107.126.90):
sent `-ERR Everything's really bad'
connections_post_select: client address@hidden(24.107.126.90):
finished session for address@hidden' wit
h flatfile
connections_post_select: client address@hidden(24.107.126.90):
disconnected; 45/116 bytes read/written


TIA,

Daryl



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Chris
Lightfoot
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:05 PM
To: Daryl Meese
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Subject: Re: [tpop3d-discuss]auth-flatfile method


On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:42:16PM -0500, Daryl Meese wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 08:58:02PM -0500, Daryl Meese wrote:
> >
> > when I run tpop3d -h auth-flatfile is included under available
> > authentication drivers.  Does that mean it is definately available?
>
> yes.
>
> OK, I finally have it actually checking the flat file if I send the
> address@hidden combination but not for just user.  Not a big deal at all for
me
> but I am still getting errors this error:
>
> "ERR Everything's Really Bad" What should that be telling me? (other than
> that everything is really bad?

you've got it in one! What's in the system log, though?
Make sure you use the -v option, so that you get more
detailed error reporting.

> I have a file in /etc/mail named as just the user part of the address@hidden
> combo.  I also have the following conf line
>
> mailbox: bsd:/var/mail/$(user) bsd:/var/mail/$(local_part)
>
> and am guessing (somewhat blindly) that "/var/mail/$(local_part)" will
> translate to the file named after the user and that
"bsd:/var/mail/$(user)"
> will look for a file named address@hidden

yes, that's right.

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