[tpop3d-discuss] Auth from a custom passwd file

Chris Lightfoot chris at ex-parrot.com
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:04:57 +0100


On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:49:56AM +0300, tdn wrote:
> Can I authenticate users from a custom password file, rather than using
> /etc/passwd ?

Yes. Take a look at the examples for auth-perl and
auth-other. You will need to write a little authenticator
program.

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