Can't authenticate to ipop3d (SOLVED!)

[Michael Hipp]

Keith Morse wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
> 
>>Well, problem solved. Turns out things were NOT authenticating correctly 
>>on normal logins, hence ipop3d couldn't either. It fooled me because 
>>everything I was doing used ssh keys to get in.
> 
> 
> I must have glossed over that part of your mail.  I thought your telnet 
> test did work.

I never tried Telnet on a normal login since I have it disabled. I did 
try it to port 110 (pop port) and it would connect fine but couldn't 
authenticate to ipop3d. Which is why I kept looking at the host/ipop 
auth problem.

>>Unless someone knows what it is, I'll just have to reset the other 
>>passwords manually.
>>
> Since I'm planning to go thru much the same upgrade on our mail server, I 
> did a test in copying one user's info; passwd, shadow, group, gshadow and 
> home, to the new server.  Logged in without errors.  I suspect your copy 
> process was flawed.
> 
> How did you copy that info?

I just brought up those files (old & new) side by side in an editor 
(gedit) and copied the last x lines (the ones that are about the actual 
users) to the end of the file on the new RH9 install. Odd thing is, the 
accounts are there and they work, except it appears the passwords are 
not correct. Soon as I reset my password it worked. I didn't just copy 
the files in whole because there were additional entries in the new ones 
I didn't want to lose.

Any insight appreciated,

Michael