pop3 access and pam

Man-wai Chang mwchang
Tue Feb 8 02:07:19 PST 2005


A. Khattri wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Man-wai Chang wrote:
> 
>>
>> how could I allow root to login my pop3 daemon?
>> here is my /etc/pam.d/pop
>>
> 
> Im sure you know that POP3 sends passwords as clear text (unless you are
> using SSL), so why would you want to send the root password via POP3?

I was just curious. which PAM module should be disabled to allow root 
access?

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