[imp] Using MySQL as User Database

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Anyone?

Quoting lists@nvethis.d2g.com:

> Ok, I tried the telnet localhost 106 and I got this:
> [root@nvethis sbin]# telnet localhost 106
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
> [root@nvethis sbin]#
> 
> Then I dl'ed poppassd-ceti-1.8.tgz.  I tar'ed and then I did a make install,
> and was returned with 
> [root@nvethis poppassd_1.8]# make
> make: `poppassd' is up to date.
> [root@nvethis poppassd_1.8]# make install
> install -g bin -o root -m 500 poppassd /usr/sbin
> 
> Then I installed passwd, and made the changes in the configuration files to
> have that show up in Horde.  I logged into my IMP and tried to change my 
> password, and I got the following error:
> 
> Failure in changing password : Connection refused
> 
> I am not sure if I have poppassd configured correctly, cause basically i just
> did a make install as you see above.  I looked for an rpm, but couln't 
> dl the one from :
> wget -c http://www.ceti.com.pl/~kravietz/progs/poppassd-1.8-ceti.tar.gz
> 
> So, can you think of anything I may have done wrong?  Is there a config file
> for poppassd?  I appreciate the help.  Thakns.
> -B
> 
> 
> Quoting Eric Jon Rostetter <eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu>:
> 
> > Quoting lists@nvethis.d2g.com:
> > 
> > > How do I know if I have a poppassd server installed?
> > 
> > Telnet to port 106 of the server.  If you don't connect, there is no
> > server.  If you do connect, it should look something (more or less)
> > like:
> > 
> > % telnet localhost 106
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 200 poppassd v1.4 hello, who are you?
> > 
> > (Here I use localhost as the host, you may need to use a different
> > hostname).
> > 
> > > server).  That is integrated into the Horde/IMP framework, but when I
> try
> > and
> > > change a users password after loggin in, I get and error message.  
> > > Unfortunately I can't type the error message now, cause I am at home.
> > 
> > We can't really help without knowing the error.  You can contact my
> > directly when you know the error message and I can try to help.
> > 
> > > I'm not sure if I have a poppasswd server installed and running, or if
> it
> > has
> > > anything to do woth that.  Maybe I am missing a configuration in the 
> > > passwd config file?
> > 
> > The only real important config file settings are the host and port.
> > The port defaults to the normal port, so I guess it is just the host
> > to worry about.  The host defaults to localhost, which may not be
> > appropriate depending on your setup.
> >  
> > > -B