Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955950698@EX-LONDON> From: Vince Hoffman To: "'Corwin'" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: qpopper authentication problem Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:14:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" oops meant to reply all before. I tried deleting and it just recreated it with the same permissions and giving the same error. However i noticed various errors in my exim logs, regarding uids and being unable to setuid, and mail had stopped being delivered while i had it running as exim user (even though i had given it the permissions specified in the README,) i switched to running as SYSTEM and changed a few permissions and basic mail started being delivered (rather than frozen) again. so i'm going to try and Full reinstall of cygwin, as i must have made a serious change without realising it. If that doesnt fix it i'll let you know. -----Original Message----- From: Corwin [mailto:Cygwin AT ifrance DOT com] Sent: 05 September 2002 10:39 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: qpopper authentication problem Try to delete the temporary mail drop vince.pop Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Hoffman" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:25 PM Subject: qpopper authentication problem > I seem to have developed a problem with qpopper and thought i'd > bother the list before i tried Pierre Humblet, > it could be a qpopper specific question in which case feel free to tell me > where to go, er point me in the right direction ;) > > I have it running from inetd with inetd as a service (running as SYSTEM), > (this works for ftpd and telnetd so i'm happy with my inetd setup.) the > inetd.conf entry is > pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/popper popper -p 2 > (-p 2 allows plain text passwords) > > permissions on /var/mail are as follows > > drwxrwxr-x 2 SYSTEM mail 0 Sep 3 22:48 mail > > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-5.0 JHARY 1.3.12(0.54/3/2) 2002-07-06 02:16 i686 unknown > > (mail group exits for exim which is working fine :) > > the error i get from my pop client is > "There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was > rejected. Account: 'jhary.unsane.co.uk', Server: 'jhary.unsane.co.uk', > Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR [SYS/PERM] Temporary drop > /var/mail/.vince.pop not owned by vince.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, > Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92" > > > client is outlook express 5, yes i know i should get a real one but it used > to work. > > this was working until recently when i must have changed something, sadly i > have no idea what. all i can think i did was the usual upgrades of installed > cygwin software. > any ideas ? > > as an aside since i see exim is now available from the installer (must have > missed the anouncement.) i came across a replacement for the bsd mail > program here http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~gritter/ that will compile > nicely with only minor adjustments due to windows dislike of 'special' > filenames (rename aux.c to aux1.c and a s/aux.c/aux1.c across the source > although this must be done on a linux/unix box due to the aforementioned > filename issue ) if you make a symlink from exim to sendmail (messy but we > arent getting sendmail soon are we ?) > > > and i'd just like to add, many thanks to all the cygwin developers for > helping make windows more bearable. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vince Hoffman NT Administrator > Euro RSCG Circle (London) > P: 020 7959 7576 M: 0777 5822213 > Icq: 50905590 PGP ID: 0xC859C861 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Pour mieux recevoir vos emails, utilisez un PC plus performant ! Découvrez la nouvelle gamme DELL en exclusivité sur i (france) http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/signedell -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/