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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newshub2.home.com!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!scanner.worldgate.com!not-for-mail From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: poppassd hangs Date: 22 Jun 1997 04:07:58 GMT Organization: WorldGate Inc. http://www.worldgate.com/ Lines: 38 Message-ID: <5oi8eu$1m6$1@scanner.worldgate.com> References: <33AAB3E3.9CB9ACEA@compecon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: valis.worldgate.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43337 [posted and mailed] Get an updated version of the port. It is likely that you are using an older one (like the one around when 2.2.2 came out, I think) which is broken. Try getting a new copy of the port from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/mail/popper/ In <33AAB3E3.9CB9ACEA@compecon.com> Eric Hedstrom <erich@compecon.com> writes: >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