NAME¶

popauth - manage pop3 authentication database

SYNOPSIS¶

popauth [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION¶

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)

Options are:

--compatibility

compatibility mode

-f, --file=FILE

read input from FILE (default stdin)

-o, --output=FILE

direct output to file

-P, --permissions=PERM

force given permissions on the database

-p, --password=STRING

specify user's password

-u, --user=USERNAME

specify user name

-?, --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.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.
GNU Mailutils home page: <http://mailutils.org>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2007-2024 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: gdbm, bdb, kc

SEE ALSO¶

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info mailutils

should give you access to the complete manual.
You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.
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