POPPASSD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual POPPASSD(8)NAME
poppassd — Eudora password change server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/local/libexec/poppassd
DESCRIPTION
poppassd is a server that allows users of Eudora, PCEudora, NUPOP and
similar programs to change their password using their mail agent.
poppassd is invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8)) for requests to
connect to the pop3pw port as indicated by the /etc/services file (see
services(5)).
EXAMPLES
Assuming the binary is located in /usr/local/libexec an entry like:
pop3pw stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/poppassd poppassd
is required in the /etc/inetd.conf file.
An entry like:
pop3pw 106/tcp
is required in the /etc/services file.
Assuming you wish to log errors to /var/log/pop.log an entry like:
local2.err /var/log/pop.log
is required in /etc/syslog.conf.
FILES
/etc/services
/etc/syslog.conf logging specifications
/etc/inetd.conf poppassd invocation
SEE ALSOinetd(8), services(5), popper(8)4.4BSD August 22, 1996 4.4BSD