[sork] Passwd H3 3.0 and Poppassd-Ceti 1.8.5-r1

Anthony Pelaez anthony.pelaez at clinistar.com
Thu Nov 3 21:09:11 PST 2005


Thanks for the input Eric. I had to fly out of town on
business so I'll check it out when I get back

Tony


Quoting Eric Rostetter
<eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu>:

> Quoting Anthony Pelaez <anthony.pelaez at clinistar.com>:
>
>> Can anyone help me with a problem I am having?
>
> No way to tell, but we can try ;)
>
>> 7. I can't telnet to the localhost 106.
>>
>> # telnet localhost 106
>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> Connected to localhost.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> Connection closed by foreign host.
>> Exit 1
>
> You can connect, so it probably isn't a firewall, so it is probably
> tcp_wrappers?
>
>> 8. The log file says after the telnet session:
>>
>> Oct 28 09:04:23 [xinetd] FAIL: poppassd address from=127.0.0.1
>> <http://127.0.0.1>
>> Oct 28 09:04:23 [xinetd] START: poppassd pid=8028 from=127.0.0.1
>> <http://127.0.0.1>
>> Oct 28 09:04:23 [xinetd] EXIT: poppassd pid=8028 duration=0(sec)
>
> Strange that doesn't show a tcp_wrappers failure though.
>
> Make sure you have an appropriate entry for "poppassd" in your tcp_wrappers
> setup (in /etc/hosts.allow usually).
>
>> 9. If I run Horde-Passwd I get the errors:
>>
>> Username: test
>> Old password: xxxxxx
>> New password: xxxxxxx
>> Confirm new password: xxxxxxx
>> Change password on: Example Poppassd Server
>
> That is very bad that it claims to have success when it clearly is
> failing.  That is a bug in the code, probably not checking the return
> status of some calls.
>
>> Notice: fputs(): send of 13 bytes failed with errno=32 Broken pipe in
>> /var/www/localhost/htdocs/horde/passwd/lib/Driver/poppassd.php on line 85
>
> This is fairly normal since the connection isn't working.  The only problem
> here is that it isn't being detected as a failure.
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> I would appreciate any help.
>
> What is in your /etc/hosts.allow file concerning poppassd?  If nothing,
> then try adding something like:
>
> poppassd : all : allow
>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
>
> --
> Eric Rostetter
> The Department of Physics
> The University of Texas at Austin
>
> Why get even? Get odd!
> --
> Sork mailing list - Join the hunt: http://horde.org/bounties/#sork
> Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/
> To unsubscribe, mail: sork-unsubscribe at lists.horde.org
>



----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.



More information about the sork mailing list