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)

              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.

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 © 2007-2015 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

SEE ALSO

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