On Nov 15, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Chris Hilts wrote: > Bryan Thompson wrote: >> exactly, but I continue to get the error. Obviously I'm having a >> permissions error, but I can't figure out how to fix it. I am not an >> expert with terminal, but I know enough to be dangerous: >> >>> Error opening ../data/default_pref >>> Could not create initial preference file! >>> /var/local/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www >>> Please contact your system administrator and report this error. > > What are the permissions and ownership on /var/local/squirrelmail/ > data? Ah, that is the problem. The correct path is actually "/usr/share/ squirrelmail/data" - there must be a setting that has the incorrect path? - Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users