[imp] poppassd and IMP problems<<< please help ! ;-)
Robinson Maureira Castillo
rmaureira@alumno.inacap.cl
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:42:38 -0300 (CLST)
Mensaje citado por: Rich Lafferty <rich@horde.org>:
>
> Yep, that's the same as Qualcomm's. Look at poppassd.c; a comment
> reads
>
> /* Prompt strings expected from the "passwd" command. If you want
> * to port this program to yet another flavor of UNIX, you may need to
> add
> * more prompt strings here.
> *
>
> You need to do so. :-) That version of poppassd is for SunOS 4.1.3 and
> HP/UX 8.02, both of which are about 1993 vintage. Linux was in version
> 0.99 at the time!
>
> A workaround would be out of place in IMP, since spurious or otherwise
> unexpected output from poppassd *should* be considered as a sign that
> something's gone awfully wrong. Consider, for instance, the spurious
> output "Segmentation fault". :-)
>
> I *will* add a note to this extent in the FAQ entry for that issue,
> though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Rich
>
OK now is fixed, thanks for the help.
Best regards.
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Robinson Maureira Castillo
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