Re: pam_mysql

2001-05-10 Thread Nuno Silva
I'm sorry if i wasn't 100% clean on the subject. The point is that - in un*x - usernames starting with anything else than a letter [a-z] will not work properly. The first time i read this i was thinking about pam_smb... right now i see that we are talking about pam_mysql. Anyway, the point rem

Re: pam_mysql

2001-05-10 Thread The Hermit Hacker
On Thu, 10 May 2001, Nuno Silva wrote: > > I'm sorry if i wasn't 100% clean on the subject. > The point is that - in un*x - usernames starting with anything else than > a letter [a-z] will not work properly. not true here either ... the University that I work at, since before I ever got there, h

Re: pam_mysql

2001-05-10 Thread The Hermit Hacker
This one I love ... someone arguing a point that, if adhered to by one piece of software, would make it totally incompatible with those other pieces of software that you are tryign to interact with ... pam_ should not be setting the rules as to what is or is not acceptable, the authentication se

Re: pam_mysql

2001-05-10 Thread Nuno Silva
I'm not sure if that's the problem but POSIX doesn't let you have users starting with a number. That's the diference between a user *name* and a uid - user id -, the uid always starts with a number! If pam_smb wants to be POSIX complaint this usernames won't be permitted :) Try to login as 0

trouble with pop3d and shadow

2001-05-10 Thread Philippe Le Berre
Hi, I have Cyrus 1.6.24 installed on Freebsd 4.3 (from the ports) the imap side is working great, however I haven't been able to use the pop3 daemon, which is alway failing on authentication : -- client side POP3 <- +OK dhcpej0961 Cyrus POP3 v1.6.24 server ready POP3 -> USER rplb POP3 <-

pam_mysql

2001-05-10 Thread Nick Ustinov
is there anyone using pam_mysql for auth? it seems to not accept usernames consisting only of numerals. Let's say there is a user 00100 and then when I try to do auth it just dies and that's it. Can it possibly be because of sprinf it is using has %s ? I am not into C much. Could anyone test that

Re: Web e-mail frontends

2001-05-10 Thread Michel Jouvin
For those of you interested, Cyrusoft just release a Silkymail version runninng over PHP4. http://www.cyrusoft.com Michel * * Michel Jouvin Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * LAL / CNRSFax