topic Re: I can't connect popper with root account in Operating System - HP-UX

I can't connect popper with root account

charoenchai — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:59:22 GMT

I try to test popper mail by port 110
only user root it can't read mail so I would like ask some one who had got this problem like me how can i use root account read mail with popper
##################################
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Qpopper (version 4.0.4) at XXXX
starting.
user root
+OK Password required for root.
pass testing
-ERR [AUTH] Access is blocked for UIDs below 10
+OK Pop server at opusprod signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Re: I can't connect popper with root account

T G Manikandan — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:04:36 GMT

Access is blocked for UIDs below 10

Error clearly states that the UID's below 10 are blocked for access.

Try a user with UID > 10 for accessing it.

Re: I can't connect popper with root account

charoenchai — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:14:20 GMT

yes . . so that I mean if some one is unix admin he or she can't read mail by popper port using user root?

Re: I can't connect popper with root account

T G Manikandan — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:08:43 GMT

I think for security reasons this is done.

If you need to change this then you need to edit popper.h

change
#define BLOCK_UID 10

change 10 to some value.
THen you need to again do a 'make'.

Re: I can't connect popper with root account

Darren Prior — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:53:13 GMT

Perhaps another option is to forward root's mail to a separate user with a UID greater than 10, ie called something like rootmail , then use popper on that.

regards,

Darren.