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.

   Default action is:
              For root: --list For a user: --modify --user <username>

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

       The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-doc  package
       is installed, the command

              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.
       Please  note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs
       for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.

FSF                                                March 2025                                         POPAUTH(1)