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Re: problems authenticating for pop3




Jeff said:
> > Are you truly shadowed?
charles@lunargraphics.net said:
> 	That is a good question. I ran pwconv, and that was the extent of
> 	it. I took a look at /etc/shadow, and frankly, it just doesnt look
> 	right to me. How can I check to make sure?

If your password fields in /etc/passwd have been replaced with "x",
and you have a file /etc/shadow, then you are running with shadow
passwords.

To get any other program to authenticate, you either need to make sure
it has PAM support (preferable) or compile it with shadow support.

Steve
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