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From: Eric Hedstrom <erich@compecon.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: poppassd hangs
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:46:27 -0700
Organization: Computer Economics, Inc.
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Greetings,
I am trying to use the poppassd port with my 2.2.2-Release system. When
I connect to it, either with Eudora or with "telnet localhost 106", it
changes the password but then hangs before coming back to accept the
"quit" command. Eudora times out, and I have to disconnect the telnet
session manually.

If I then look with ps, there is a poppassd process that is either
sleeping or idle (depending on how long it's been) and the "leader of
its session." And ps lists a passwd process that has those two
characteristics along with "trying to exit".

20909  ??  Is     0:00.06 poppassd
20910  ??  IEs    0:00.00  (passwd)

If I kill the passwd process to put it out of its misery, the poppassd
process is still hung and has to be killed separately.

I have looked at the patched poppassd.c source code, and the strings
it is looking for from passwd look the same as what passwd puts out.

So what am I missing? Any pointers will be greatly appreciated
(unless they are void..). :)

Eric Hedstrom
erich@compecon.com