>>>> Might it not be easier to store these and other user specific files >>>> in the users home dir to eliminate this problem? >>> >>> um... you want to give a web application permission to write to $HOME >>> >>> >>> Well, yeah, THAT sound like a great idea. >>> >> >> how the hell do you think you create extra folders... the server >> hardware doesnt say oh he wants directory deadbeat so lets create it.. >> SM creates >> initiates its creation, and that can be expanded to create what is >> needed. > > SquirrelMail doesn't create the folders - it tells the IMAP server to > create them. That means that the web server doesn't need to have access to > the $HOME directories. The IMAP server need that access though. Depending on if the IMAP server store the mails in $HOME of course. Some IMAP servers store the mails in other places. >>> Maybe you should look at how you delete users and fix that procedure >>> so that squirrelmail data files are part of the deletion. >> >> maybe i shouldnt have to rewrite the unix userdel binary just so it >> removes files another program creates and stores willy nilly. > > You don't have to rewrite the binary. Write a wrapper script instead. I'm > using Debian, and even though "/usr/sbin/userdel" is a binary, > "/usr/sbin/deluser" is a Perl script. Even if you don't want to modifiy > any of those two, write your own bash script wrapper to perform the > deletions not carried out by userdel an deluser. Sincerely, Fredrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
