sysutils/checkpw 1.03nb1 NetBSD

checkpw is a simple and flexible checkpassword interface package.

checkpw checks password which is stored in a file in the Maildir directory. The file has read and write permissions to the user only. checkpw checks real user's password.

• checkpw allows POP authentication.
• checkapoppw allows APOP authentication.
• Multiple maildirs per POP3 user are supported.
• Multiple password per maildir are supported.

Before invoking following program, checkpw and checkapoppw set up $USER, $EXT, $HOME, $SHELL, its supplementary groups, its gid, its uid, and its working directory.