Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:14:15 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Keith Spencer <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where has popper gone??? Message-ID: <20010516191415.B38062@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010517012331.20860.qmail@web12002.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au on Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:23:31AM %2B1000 References: <20010517012331.20860.qmail@web12002.mail.yahoo.com>
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--BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:23:31AM +1000, Keith Spencer wrote: > Hi all, > building a new 4.2 box for mail dns etc > inetd.conf on the old 3.2 box had popper in > /usr/local/libexec > 4.2 inetd.conf has this line... > #pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/popper > popper > But I have looked and ther is no libexec directory let > alone popper! That is an example line showing you how you could configure a pop3 server if you installed one. FreeBSD doesn't ship with one installed by default, but there are many in the ports collection (/usr/ports/mail). Historically, popper (aka qpopper) has had many many security holes, so you might feel more comfortable using one of the others - there are a lot to choose from, all with different features. Kris --BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7AzP2Wry0BWjoQKURAlxIAJ9ZIS7y055efbqabDMLHYPWKdFRGACgy8Dg L5nFh7gvGnAIy8qp9BsyzJE= =h5QS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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