[Imap-uw] UW imapd on NIS client.

[Mark Crispin]

Since you built using lnp, password authentication is done using PAM.

Did you set up proper PAM configuration rules for IMAP in file 
/etc/pam.d/imap ?

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Nagaraj Panyam wrote:


> Hi,

>

> I wish to setup uw-imapd on a Redhat EL4 box, which is a NIS client.

> I compiled imap2006 for port lnp and with SSLTYPE=none since I can safely 

> afford plain text passwords.

>

> I setup a folder on a pine client with "Server : <fqdn of 

> server>/user=<user>" and "Path : mail/"

> When I try to open the folder Pine asks me for password and then tells me 

> "Invalid login credentials".

> The syslog on the imapd server also says "Login failed"

>

> This is a NIS client. How do I make it us-imapd work?

> Thanks for any help.

> Nagaraj

>

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