[SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
hi, i installed squirrelmail 1.4.0 on a suse linux 8.1 server with cyrus imap. after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? any ideas? thanks in advance, mh --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
-rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 186 May 31 16:58 default_pref weird... On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:32 pm, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hello Groups, On Monday, June 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? What about the file /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref ? Or the data/default_pref in your squirrelmail directory? -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
any help would be welcome ... my data/default_pref says the following -rw-r--r--1 yuko www14 Mar 2 2002 .htaccess -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www89 Jan 4 12:22 default_pref -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 469 Dec 23 2001 index.php thanks a lot, mh On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 186 May 31 16:58 default_pref weird... On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:32 pm, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hello Groups, On Monday, June 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? What about the file /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref ? Or the data/default_pref in your squirrelmail directory? -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
i've done this already, this changes nothing... anyone knows if this could be an issue with php? thank you. mh On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 09:11 pm, Charles Blackwell wrote: Looks like there are too many slashes in the dir.. delete the slash between data and default. C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jonathan Angliss Subject: Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref any help would be welcome ... my data/default_pref says the following -rw-r--r--1 yuko www14 Mar 2 2002 .htaccess -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www89 Jan 4 12:22 default_pref -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 469 Dec 23 2001 index.php thanks a lot, mh On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 186 May 31 16:58 default_pref weird... On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:32 pm, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hello Groups, On Monday, June 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? What about the file /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref ? Or the data/default_pref in your squirrelmail directory? -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
now i installed from cvs 1.4.1-stable, the error message no longer contains the double slash, but everything is the same. my php version is 4.2.2 i tried the 1.5.0-devel too! strange things. is there any parameter/module in php that could cause this error? please help. marcus On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 10:40 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've done this already, this changes nothing... anyone knows if this could be an issue with php? thank you. mh On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 09:11 pm, Charles Blackwell wrote: Looks like there are too many slashes in the dir.. delete the slash between data and default. C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jonathan Angliss Subject: Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref any help would be welcome ... my data/default_pref says the following -rw-r--r--1 yuko www14 Mar 2 2002 .htaccess -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www89 Jan 4 12:22 default_pref -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 469 Dec 23 2001 index.php thanks a lot, mh On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 186 May 31 16:58 default_pref weird... On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:32 pm, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hello Groups, On Monday, June 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? What about the file /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref ? Or the data/default_pref in your squirrelmail directory? -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
the relative error is this one: Error opening ../data/default_pref Could not create initial preference file! ../data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. when i use this setup in my config file: 2. Data Directory : /var/squirrelmail/data/ 3. Attachment Directory: /var/squirrelmail/attach/ the error is this one: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. is there a possibility that the values in the httpd.conf for php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir php_admin_value open_basedir should be set? my open_basedir for the virtualhost which runs squirrel is the documentroot and the upload_tmp_dir is not specified... thanks for helping...m On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:16 am, p dont think wrote: From http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/DataPermission If you have your data directory outside of your htdocs tree (not in the SquirrelMail directory, which is advisable), make sure NOT to use relative paths when specifying it in conf.pl; please use the full absolute path Have you tried that? now i installed from cvs 1.4.1-stable, the error message no longer contains the double slash, but everything is the same. my php version is 4.2.2 i tried the 1.5.0-devel too! strange things. is there any parameter/module in php that could cause this error? On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 186 May 31 16:58 default_pref weird... On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:32 pm, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hello Groups, On Monday, June 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? What about the file /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref ? Or the data/default_pref in your squirrelmail directory? --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref
i fixed it: it is the open_basedir that should be / not the htdocs dir best, mh great tool On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the relative error is this one: Error opening ../data/default_pref Could not create initial preference file! ../data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. when i use this setup in my config file: 2. Data Directory : /var/squirrelmail/data/ 3. Attachment Directory: /var/squirrelmail/attach/ the error is this one: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. is there a possibility that the values in the httpd.conf for php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir php_admin_value open_basedir should be set? my open_basedir for the virtualhost which runs squirrel is the documentroot and the upload_tmp_dir is not specified... thanks for helping...m On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:16 am, p dont think wrote: From http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/DataPermission If you have your data directory outside of your htdocs tree (not in the SquirrelMail directory, which is advisable), make sure NOT to use relative paths when specifying it in conf.pl; please use the full absolute path Have you tried that? now i installed from cvs 1.4.1-stable, the error message no longer contains the double slash, but everything is the same. my php version is 4.2.2 i tried the 1.5.0-devel too! strange things. is there any parameter/module in php that could cause this error? On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -rwxrwxrwx1 wwwrun www 186 May 31 16:58 default_pref weird... On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:32 pm, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hello Groups, On Monday, June 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... after installing everything correctly i get the following error message when i try to login: Error opening /var/squirrelmail/data//default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user wwwrun Please contact your system administrator and report this error. my listing says the following for /var/squirrelmail drwxr-xr-x4 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:49 squirrelmail and for /var/squirrelmail/data drwxrwxrwx2 wwwrun www 4096 May 31 16:58 data my apache user is wwwrun.www i really don't know what i should change now? What about the file /var/squirrelmail/data/default_pref ? Or the data/default_pref in your squirrelmail directory? --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
