vcheck

Introduction

vcheck is a little checkpasswd-like tool to make mod_auth_external authenticate against vpopmail user database.

Everything is vpopmail ripoffs :)

Installation

vcheck requires the following software:
Apache
vpopmail
mod_auth_external

1. Get it:

wget http://anders.brander.dk/files/vcheck-0.2.1.tar.gz

2. Unpack:

tar xfz vcheck-0.2.1.tar.gz

3a. Make and install:

make
make install

3b. If you webserver runs under a different user than vpopmail:

make install-su

4. Configure Apache like this:

<Directory "/www/wwwroot/private">
	AuthType basic
	AuthName VPOP
	AuthExternal VPOP
	Require valid-user
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>

AddExternalAuth VPOP /path/to/vpopmail/bin/vcheck
SetExternalAuthMethod VPOP checkpassword

History

0.2.1 (Nov 20 2003): Workaround for vpopmail 5.2.1 off-by-one bug in parse_email().

0.2 (Nov 19 2003): Support for all vpopmail domains.

0.1 (Mar 4 2003): Basic support for authentication against default domain.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.