[Dovecot] PAM Error on POP3s auth? And apop?

[Bruce Lane]

Good day, Curtis,

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On 10-Jul-06 at 15:34 Curtis Maloney wrote:

>Bruce Lane wrote:
>> Fellow Dovecot'ers,
>> 
>> 	I've -almost- got Dovecot completely functional, and I will add that it
>works just fine for non-authenticated POP3.
>> 
>> 	The problem begins when I try to use authentication for same against
>the system's /etc/passwd section. This is the error message that comes up
>in /var/log/maillog
>
>Wait... why have you configured it to use PAM, when you say you want it to
>auth 
>against /etc/passwd?  If you really _do_ want to use /etc/passwd, set your 
>userdb to 'passwd', and your passwd to either 'passwd' or 'shadow',
>whichever 
>suits your system.

	I'm confused... I thought use of PAM was required, in this context, to authenticate against /etc/passwd...?

	Also, after some reading on the subject, using PAM seemed to add the promise of future flexibility if I decided to add other authentication methods.

	I will try setting it up as you describe, and see where it leads me. Thanks much.


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