did u install the source version ? (dont know if debian has a binary for it??) if you compiled from source make sure to enable shadow support(the right kind of shadow there are 3-4-5 different ways to retrieve encrypted passwords)
nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Richard Clarke wrote: > Ok I have installed qpopper, so that I can retrieve mail from my debbox > using pop3. > However when I try and login, it wont accept my password. > Looking at syslog shows me this, > > Oct 26 16:26:40 clarke-r in.qpopper[19796]: connect from 10.1.1.2 > Oct 26 16:26:40 clarke-r in.qpopper[19796]: (v2.53) Unable to get canonical > name of client, err = 0 > Oct 26 16:26:50 clarke-r in.qpopper[19796]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -ERR > Password supplied for "clarker8" is incorrect. > Oct 26 16:26:50 clarke-r in.qpopper[19796]: Failed attempted login to > clarker8 from host 10.1.1.2 > > > I definetly entered the correct password, many times, however it still won't > work. > Can someone shed some light on what the problem may be. > > Thanx > Richard Clarke > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >