[sork] password change not working

[ian turley]

Know the problem now.  No recognising users.  Have to
find why that is now :-(

 --- Eric Rostetter
<eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu> wrote: > Quoting
ian turley <ianturley at yahoo.co.uk>:
> 
> > >Have you tested poppassd (by hand or with a
> client
> > >like Eudora) to make
> > >sure it is working and changing passwords
> correctly?
> >
> > how do you do this (relative newbie to linux etc)
> 
> To test via Eudora, run Eudora, find the "Change
> Password" menu item,
> and try it.  If it seems to work, verify that the
> password really changed
> (by trying to login, etc).
> 
> To test by hand, from unix or unix-like machines:
> 
> unix$ telnet localhost 106
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 200 poppassd v1.4 hello, who are you?
> user test
> 200 your password please.
> pass myoldpassword
> 200 your new password please.
> newpass mynewpassword
> 200 Password changed, thank-you.
> quit
> 200 Bye.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> unix$
> 
> Then, again test that it really changed...
> 
> --
> Eric Rostetter
> The Department of Physics
> The University of Texas at Austin
> 
> Why get even? Get odd!
> 
>  

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