pop3 access for root user mail not working

amanik · 03-03-2003, 12:28 AM

I have red Hat linux 8.0 installed on my machine with sendmail as the MTA.

I am using Ximian Evolution to retrieve mail for users on the same machine.

The problem is that I cannot retrieve mail for the root user through POP3. At the same time I can retrieve mail for other users.However I can send messages from the root user account.

I have tried doing this with fetchmail but it does not work.

Can somebody please help me.

Thanks

peter_robb · 03-03-2003, 02:49 PM

do 'chkconfig --list' and get the name of the POP3 service, usu pop3d
then look in the file '/etc/xinetd.d/pop3~~'
and see if root is denied access.

If it is, modify the file, then restart xinetd,
service xinetd restart

As an extra thought, try aliasing the root user to another user's mailbox.
This avoids having to send the root password in clear text across any network.