> > I am running squirrelmail 1.4.0 on a webserver running RedHat 7.3 I > > have been able to install squirrelmail and sign in, send > > (w/attachments), receive etc... However I continually get the following > > message when trying to use plugins such as calendar, abook_take etc.. > > > > Error opening ../../data/default_pref > > Could not create initial preference file! > > ../data/ should be writable by user nobody > > > > I have chmod 777 the squirrelmail/data/ and subsequent folders, but > > continue to get the error. How do I give user "nobody" write access??? > > Is this an issue with RedHat? My Host? > > didn't Chris say something about his calendar? ;> > > please read this > > http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/DataPermission > > it may or may not be "nobody" in your case -- it's the user that runs your > webserver... another popular one is "apache" but you need to check your > own system to be sure. as for how to give access, > > $ man chown
> I have tried to set up the permissions as mentioned in the below, however > when every time I change them, they are modified when I try to run one of > the scripts so that the permissions are no longer correct. (eg, I set > /data/ permision to drwxrwxr-x, but it will automatically get changed to > drwxr-xr-x). Frankly, being a neubie, I don't undestand all this - and > since I am accessing my site via FTP I don't know how to run chown > commands... just chmod. How do I set permissions for 'nobody' using FTP? You might not have the ability to chown something then. You'll have to ask your provider to change the group ownership on that directory and the files inside of it to be the group under which the web server is run as. Then hopefully you can manage to keep rwxrwx--- permissions it. - paul ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php -- 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
