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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-09-20 14:59:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-09-20 14:59:21 +0000 |
| commit | 49e46d92e5a5c7adeb5aebdf923aa78639b4ca61 (patch) | |
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Be robust in the presence of Sun NIS and other nonstandard password schemes.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 04a748d1..1e112838 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -567,6 +567,12 @@ default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen .TP 5 ${TMPDIR}/poplock-${HOST}-${USER} lock file to help prevent concurrent runs. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +For correct initialization, +.I popclient +requires either that both the USER and HOME environment variables are +correctly set, or that \fBgetpwuid\fR(3) be able to retrieve a password +entry from your user ID. .SH BUGS Running more than one concurrent instance of .I popclient |