> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Sears > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:57 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: pop won't authenticate my password > > > On Sunday 18 January 2004 09:08, Ed McCorduck wrote: > > Thanks Jim, but when I enter "edit ipop3" I get the error message > > "bash: > > edit: command not found" (I made sure I was logged in as > root before I > > enter your commands, too) > use pico or vim (probably pico if you are not accustomed to > vim) to edit the > file. Thanks, Stuart. I'm such a newbie I'd never even heard of pico not to mention vim, but once I used pico to open xinetd.d's ipop3, I see that disable = is already set to "no", as Jim D. would have had me set it to. For the halibut, here's the whole ipop3 of xinetd.d: service pop3 { disable = no socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /user/sbin/ipop3d log_on_success += HOST DURATION log_on_failure += HOST } > I am a little concerned that you don't have the chkconfig > command [ it should > be /sbin/chkconfig]. have you tried it with a full path?, ie > /sbin/chkconfig --list (which should list all the settings > for the services it controls) O.K., here are the results when I did that, still logged on just as my "ed" user: spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off keytable 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off irda 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off isdn 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off firstboot 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off canna 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off snmptrapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mailman 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off lisa 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xinetd based services: chargen-udp: off rsync: off chargen: off daytime-udp: off daytime: off echo-udp: off echo: off services: off servers: off time-udp: off time: off cups-lpd: off sgi_fam: on ktalk: off imap: off imaps: off ipop2: off ipop3: on pop3s: off >From what you said in your next line, though, I thought I'd better see what happens when I logged in as root, so I did a su and got the following: [root@localhost ed]# /sbin/chkconfig --list spamassassin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off keytable 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off irda 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off isdn 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off firstboot 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off canna 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off snmptrapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mailman 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off lisa 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xinetd based services: chargen-udp: off rsync: off chargen: off daytime-udp: off daytime: off echo-udp: off echo: off services: off servers: off time-udp: off time: off cups-lpd: off sgi_fam: on ktalk: off imap: off imaps: off ipop2: off ipop3: on pop3s: off [root@localhost ed]# if this works, be certain that > root's PATH is correct (it should include /sbin > and /usr/sbin as well as the normal user directories) - test > this with > echo $PATH O.K., here's what I got when I did that for "ed" [ed@localhost ed]$ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/ed/bin and then for "su": [root@localhost ed]# echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/ed/bin > if it doesn't contain the right directories, how did ypu log > in as root? - if > you used 'su', be certain to 'su -' to run root's startup > scripts which will > set the correct path. > > Stuart O.K., I did that, and here's what I got: [ed@localhost ed]$ su - Password: [root@localhost root]# echo $PATH /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X1 1:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin [root@localhost root]# As you might guess, I'm almost totally clueless as to what all this means. The one thing that did catch my eye, though, is the "ipop3: on" after both /sbin/chkconfig attempts. So the computer genius in me led me to go back into Mozilla Mail and change the setting of my incoming server to "ipop3" in place of "pop". I then tried to Get Msgs, but this time I didn't even get a "Enter your password for ed@ipop3" or the equivalent; I got simply an "Alert" saying "Failed to connect to server ipop3." To also show off how much I've learned, I also went into System Settings > Server Settings > Services to double-check that both ipop3 and xinetd were checked, and they were. So this is where I stand, and if you or anyone can help me further, I'd appreciate it. Thanks so much. Ed McCorduck Department of English State University of New York College at Cortland ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mccorduck.cortland.edu http://McCorduck.ws -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
