popauth (1)

popauth [\,OPTION\/...]

GNU popauth -- manage pop3 authentication database

• Actions are:

-a, --add

add user

-c, --create

create the DBM from a plaintext file

-d, --delete

delete user's record

-l, --list

list the contents of DBM file

-m, --modify

modify user's record (change password)

• Default action is:

• For root: --list For a user: --modify --user <username>

• Options are:

--compatibility

backward compatibility mode

-f, --file=\,FILE\/

read input from FILE (default stdin)

-o, --output=\,FILE\/

direct output to file

-p, --password=\,STRING\/

specify user's password

-P, --permissions=\,PERM\/

force given permissions on the database

-u, --user=\,USERNAME\/

specify user name

• Common options

--config-file=\,FILE\/, --rcfile=\,FILE\/

load this configuration file

--config-help

show configuration file summary

--config-lint, --rcfile-lint

check configuration file syntax and exit

--config-verbose, --rcfile-verbose

verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

--no-site-config, --no-site-rcfile

do not load site configuration file

--no-user-config, --no-user-rcfile

do not load user configuration file

--set=\,PARAM=VALUE\/

set configuration parameter

--show-config-options

show compilation options

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Database formats: kc Default database location: \,/etc/apop.db\/

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