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--auth ssh with fetchmail-6.2.2.1 (was Chmod not working on Win98
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Greg,
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:48:12PM +0800, Greg Matheson wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:34:36AM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 10:18:29PM +0800, Greg Matheson wrote:
> > > > > When I installed fetchmail-6.2.2.1, fetchmail started refusing
> > > > > to use my .fetchmailrc. I think the requirement that permissions
> > > > > be 600 on it is new.
> > [snip]
> > The error I get is:
> > $ fetchmail
> > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from 140.126.111.5
> > fetchmail: Query status=4 (PROTOCOL)
> > When I comment out the # auth ssh section in my fetchmailrc, it
> > starts working again.
> > But the --auth ssh option on the command line fails with the following:
> > fetchmail: mailbox selection failed
> > fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from mail.chinmin.edu.tw
> > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from mail.chinmin.edu.tw
> > fetchmail: Query status=4 (PROTOCOL)
> > I can ssh into the shell account on the server.
> The above is a very different from what you originally posted. Sorry,
> but you will have to debug this yourself because I do not have the
> necessary environment to do so myself.
Yeh, I feel pretty silly about saying the problem is chmod not
working with Win98, but I never wanted authentication, so I'm OK
as I am.
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