[9538] in Athena Bugs
inc -user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kevles@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jul 2 15:47:34 1992
From: kevles@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 92 15:47:23 -0400
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
The man page for inc says the following:
If the local host is configured as a POP client, or if the
`-host host' switch is given, then inc will query the POP
service host as to the status of mail waiting. The
`-user user' switch may be given to specify the name of the
POP subscriber you wish to check mail for on the POP service
host. The `-rpop' switch uses the UNIX rPOP (authentication
done via trusted connections). In contrast, the `-norpop'
switch uses the ARPA POP (in which case inc will prompt for
a password).
However, it doesn't actually work. Specifically, this command and response
happens:
(~)% inc -host eagle -user username1 norprop
(typed by username2)
inc: -ERR Wrong username supplied (username2 vs. username1)
The inc manual page does not reflect kerberos authentication. It should.
--Beth
