> I'm attempting to upgrade from SquirrelMail 1.0.6 to 1.4.0. I'm getting > the > following error: > > Error opening ../data//default_pref > Could not create initial preference file! > ../data/ should be writable by user apache > Please contact your system administrator and report this error. > > First off, the user "apache" doesn't even exist on my server. My old > version of SquirrelMail was installed by the host, so I'm not completely > sure it was set up. However, in looking around at the files, the data > folder for the upgraded version is set up with the same owner as the older > version. Is there a setting that I'm missing somewhere so I can tell it > to > use a user other than apache? > > I tried creating a user named "apache" and setting it as the owner of the > folder, but it had an error, saying "chown: changing ownership of `data': > Operation not permitted" > > Also, are there supposed to be two slashes between data and default_pref, > or > doesn't that make a difference? I tried using conf.pl to switch the data > directory to ../data without the trailing slash, but it automatically > added one. > > Thanks in advance for any help, I messed around with this all last night > while looking through the documentation and support on the SquirrelMail > website, and wasn't able to figure anything out.
http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/DataPermission DO NOT create a user called apache! There should already be one on your system, since that message gets the username from your system on the fly. It is typically a user who cannot log in, and if you tried adding another one, then you could have created a serious security hole! If you do not have sufficient permissions to change ownership of those files, then you need to talk with your systems administrator. - Paul ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 -- 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
