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Re: pop3d


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: pop3d
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 18:43:26 +0200

> One thing I did notice (but haven't attempted to patch yet) is that
> qpopper popauth allows the user to change their own password.  It
> prompts for current password first.

Good point. I have added some functionality that our popauth missed.
Now it allows to add, delete and modify records in the existing
database. The default action is to list the contents of the
database. In short, the usage is:

popauth --list
        Lists the database contents.
popauth --create --file plaintext
        Creates the database from a plaintext file.
popauth --add --user name [--password string]
        Adds a user to the database. If --password is not supplied,
        prompts for it.
popauth --delete user
        Deletes the user
popauth --modify --user name [--password string]
        Change password for the given user.

These operations are allowed only for root or the owner of the
database. A usual user is allowed only --modify command, which applies
to this user's entry. In this case popauth asks for the user's old
password before proceeding. This is also the default action when the
user is not the owner of the database.

Regards,
Sergey



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