ixQpopper authentication on 11iv3(ia64)

[Martin Christov]

Hi friends,

currently I am migrating a server running 11iv1(PA-RISC) to server running 11iv3(ia64). One of the applications to be migrated is qpopper. I have installed ixQpopper "Qpopper A.09.00-4.0.9.002 POP3 Server" on the target but have problems with authenticating using pop3-protocol:

root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# telnet localhost 110
Trying...
Connected to localhost.mydomain.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Qpopper (version 4.0.9) at qw103yxc.mydomain.com starting.
user fatmarry
+OK Password required for fatmarry.
pass otto1999
-ERR [AUTH] Password supplied for "fatmarry" is incorrect.
+OK Pop server at qw103yxc.mydomain.com signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.
root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin#

Login over ssh is working fine:
root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# ssh fatmarry@qw103yxc
Password:Last successful login: Wed Nov 21 15:46:44 MEZ 2007 qw104yxc.mydomain.com
Last login: Wed Nov 21 15:46:44 2007 from qw104yxc....

You have mail.
qw103yxc:/home/fatmarry fatmarry$id
uid=10132(fatmarry) gid=10132(fatmarry)
qw103yxc:/home/fatmarry fatmarry$uname -a
HP-UX qw103yxc B.11.31 U ia64 0992210569 unlimited-user license
qw103yxc:/home/fatmarry fatmarry$model
ia64 hp server rx2620
qw103yxc:/home/fatmarry fatmarry$

root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# grep pop /etc/inetd.conf
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /opt/iexpress/qpopper/sbin/popper qpoppper -d -s -p2 -t /var/adm/syslog/qpoppper.log
root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin#

root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# tail /var/adm/syslog/qpoppper.log
........
Nov 21 22:42:41.000 2007
Nov 21 22:42:51.000 2007 [17884] (v4.0.9) Servicing request from "localhost" at
127.0.0.1
Nov 21 22:42:51.000 2007
Nov 21 22:43:18.000 2007 [17884] fatmarry at localhost (127.0.0.1): -ERR [AUTH]
Password supplied for "fatmarry" is incorrect.
Nov 21 22:43:18.000 2007
Nov 21 22:43:18.000 2007 [17884] [AUTH] Failed attempted login to fatmarry from
host (localhost) 127.0.0.1
Nov 21 22:43:18.000 2007

I assume the problem in the 11iv3-authentication:

/etc/shadow:
root@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# ls -l /etc|grep shadow
-r-------- 1 root sys 819 Nov 21 15:16 oshadow
-r-------- 1 root sys 819 Nov 21 22:25 shadow
fatmarryroot@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# grep fatmarry /etc/passwd
fatmarry:x:10132:10132:mbuxroot,POP3:/home/fatmarry:/usr/bin/ksh

Thank you in advance for your replies,

Martin

[Martin Christov]

Hello friends,

converting from shadow to trusted solved my problem. POP3-authenticating is working fine:

oot@qw103yxc:/usr/local/bin# telnet localhost 110
Trying...
Connected to localhost.mydomain.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Qpopper (version 4.0.9) at qw103yxc.mydomain.com starting.
user fatmarry
+OK Password required for fatmarry.
pass otto1999
+OK fatmarry has 57 visible messages (0 hidden) in 326278 octets.
quit
+OK Pop server at qw103yxc.mydomain.com signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Kind regards:
Martin

[Martin Christov]

My problem was solved after converting from shadow to trusted.