Thanks Paul,
Appreciate your quick reply again
now let me be more clear on my problem.
I have 2 domains in my organisation.
1) kmun.gov.kw
2) baladia.gov.kw
now I was using the kmun.gov.kw domain for all my mails users so users
were sending n recieving mail as user@xxxxxxxxxxxx
squirrel mail was installed on Linux server A which hosts the kmun.gov.kw
domain
now sometime back we got another server and installed linux on it and
decided to use the other domain that is baladia.gov.kw for mail
so setup sendmail and everything was fine
then i installed the multilogin plugin (version2.3.2-1.2) on Server A (one
which SQ mail is installed ) and I could use the drop down box n select
the individual domains and login to either server perfectly and everythin
was workin fine
now recently there was a problem with server B and i had to format the
/usr and /usr/local partions of Server B which host the baladia.gov.kw
domain .
but the squirrel mail server was perfect as b4
now the problem was when i send a mail from outlook the mail is received
as username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx which is perfect
but when i log in through SQ mail and send mail the mail is received as
username@xxxxxxxxxxx and not as username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
also if i check the maillog of baladia mail server there is no log entry
but i see a log entry on kmun server ( the one where SQ mail is installed)
here below is my config file for the multiplugin login
$IMAPSelections = array(
'KMUN' => array(
'imapServerAddress' => '62.150.152.1',
'imapPort' => '143',
'data_dir' => '/var/www/html/squirrelmail-1.4.4/data',
),
'BALADIA' => array(
'imapServerAddress' => '62.150.152.2',
'imapPort' => '143',
// 'org_title' => 'KUWAIT-MUNICIPALITY',
'data_dir' => '/var/data',
and here below r the data_dir permisons
the server where SQ mail is installed that is 62.150.152.1 the directory is
'/var/www/html/squirrelmail-1.4.4/data'
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody 48 12288 Dec 20 10:28 data
and permisons for
'/var/data'
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 4096 Dec 20 10:14 data
also i have created the /var/data on 62.150.152.2 server with the above
permisons but i see that the pref n abook files are been created in
/var/data directory on the kmun server that is 62.150.152.1 and nothing on
62.150.152.2 server .
if there is somethin wrong in my pluggin settings appreciate your help
also the server where SQ mail was installed has not been touched
now I hav temprary solved the problem by goin into options => personal
information => and fill the email address to user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and reply
to fields as user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and then it works fine as the recieved
mail
shows user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and not as user@xxxxxxxxxxx so if the reply
button is hit the mail is replied correctly but this has to be done for
each user and previously was not the case
thnks and appreciate one again
regards
simon
> Don't reply off-list, thanks.
>
>> Thnaks a lot for the quick reply really do appreciate
>>
>> > On 12/17/06, simon@xxxxxxxxxxx <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear All,
>> >>
>> >> I have been using the multilogin plugin for quite sometime on Linux
>> >> server
>> >> A ( Domain A ) to log in with squirrel mail to Linux server B (
>> Domain B
>> >> )and recently i had to format /usr n /var partitions and reinstalled
>> >> linux
>> >> on server B
>> >>
>> >> now when i try to log in by selectin the B server it gives me the
>> >> following error .
>> >> Error opening ../data/default_pref
>> >> Could not create initial preference file!
>> >> /var/data/ should be writable by user nobody
>> >>
>> >> the permission of /var/data directory is nobody nobody with write
>> >> permisons
>> >> now if i create the same directory on server A that is /var/data with
>> >> the
>> >> right right permissions i get no error it works fine but the mail
>> >> received
>> >> is the username@domain A . not as username@domain B as mentioned in
>> >> plugin
>> >> since the data directories are shared
>> >
>> > Your settings below say they are not shared. So which is it?
>> >
>> >> and also the .pref n .abook files r created on server A
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> squireel mail version 1.4.4
>> >> multilogin plugin version 2.3.2-1.2 Paul Lesneiwski
>> <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> my config.php
>> >>
>> >> $IMAPSelections = array(
>> >>
>> >> 'KMUN' => array(
>> >> 'imapServerAddress' => 'xx.xx.xx.1',
>> >> 'imapPort' => '143',
>> >> 'data_dir' =>
>> '/var/www/html/squirrelmail-1.4.4/data',
>> >> ),
>> >>
>> >> 'BALADIA' => array(
>> >> 'imapServerAddress' => 'xx.xx.xx.2',
>> >> 'imapPort' => '143',
>> >> 'org_title' => 'MAIL SERVER',
>> >> 'data_dir' => '/var/data',
>> >
>> > What format are your IMAP usernames in? If they are the same as
>> > fully-formatted email addresses, ie., keiko@xxxxxxxxxxx, then I
>> > suggest that you only need one data directory, and remove the data_dir
>> > setting completely. If you really need separate data directories for
>> > each server login, then show the permissions AND ownership of both of
>> > the above directories (note that both of them are being accessed on
>> > the server where SquirrelMail is installed).
>>
>> i do need separate data directories.
>> here below are the permisons for both directories.
>> SQ mail is running on server
>>
>> 'xx.xx.xx.1'
>>
>> the the pluggin is used to log in server
>
> What does this mean? No one uses the plugin to log in to the other
> server? If so, why do you need this plugin?
>
>> 'xx.xx.xx.2'
>>
>>
>> permisons for xx.xx.xx.1 which is the server where SQ mail is running
>> that is '/var/www/html/squirrelmail-1.4.4/data'
>>
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody 48 12288 Dec 18 14:10 data
>>
>> and for xx.xx.xx.2 the server of other domain
>> that is '/var/data'
>>
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 4096 Dec 17 08:40 data
>>
>> Now when i try to use username and password n try to select the differnt
>> domain or server it gives me the error message
>>
>> Error opening ../data/default_pref
>> >> Could not create initial preference file!
>> >> /var/data/ should be writable by user nobody
>>
>>
>> now if i create /var/data directory on the server where squirrel mail is
>> running ( that is xx.xx.xx.1 ) and give nobody nobody permissions than
>> i
>> can log in perfect
>
> I already said in my last email that the data directories being
> accessed will all be on the server that SM is installed on. SM will
> NOT access ANYTHING on the other server's file system unless you do
> something like use an NFS mount or other solution outside of SM's
> control. So this is working correctly.
>
>> but the sent email has the domain name of the server
>> where squirel mail is running n not of the actual domain
>
> That's got nothing to do with where the data directory is, it is
> caused because you did not put 'domain' settings in your multilogin
> configuration.
>
>> also the .abook n .pref files get created on the server where squirrel
>> mail is running that is xx.xx.xx.1 and not on xx.xx.xx.2 .
>
> See above.
>
>
>
>> appreciate your help
>>
>> thnks and reagrds
>>
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Also compare the directory permissions and ownership against the
>> > following FAQ pages and maybe you can solve your own problem:
>> >
>> > http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/DataPermission
>> > http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/QuickAndDirty
>> >
>
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