Yep, happens if different users login to SM while only one user is logged into the computer. The user logged into the computer wins and everyone else who logs into SM gets their preference file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Using > Squirrel mail version 1.4.2 > Redhat 9 Box > IMAP remote server Running on Redhat 8 default version > Approximately 3000 users > > I am facing this vierd problem, every month a few users complain that > > they are sending mail and the name displayed in the mail senders is > > some other users name not theirs, I simply delete their .pref files and > > the problem is solved. > I think when some user is changing his preferences and at the same time > > if some other user is checking his mails both their preferences get > changed. need to solve this problem quickly as this is happening a lot > frequently now. > has any one else faced this proglem? > > Below are the permissions as appearing in /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs > > directory > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] prefs]# ls -al f* > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 333 Nov 19 00:00 faisal.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 125 Mar 23 22:10 faisal.pref > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2675 Feb 20 22:15 faizaan.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 363 Mar 17 21:46 faizaan.pref > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Jan 2 12:55 faizaan.sig > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 44 Mar 16 20:31 faiz.abook > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 0 Dec 25 19:30 faizal.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 110 Mar 7 15:40 faizal.pref > -rw------- 1 apache apache 139 Mar 23 10:11 faiz.pref > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 282 Sep 24 00:00 faiz.sig > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 0 Sep 12 2003 fanindra.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 139 Mar 22 12:50 fanindra.pref > -rw------- 1 apache apache 0 Mar 4 12:41 fanindra.sig > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 0 Jul 7 2003 farhan.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 110 Mar 6 19:39 farhan.pref > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 0 Sep 15 2003 fatima.abook > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 0 Aug 26 2003 fiaz.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 110 Mar 8 17:37 fiaz.pref > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 0 Jul 25 2003 fikru.abook > -rw------- 1 apache apache 110 Mar 5 00:10 fikru.pref > -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 196 Jan 12 20:33 fikru.sig > > > > Rgds/Vseal > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > -- > 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 > -- Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click -- 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
