Hello, The ownership of the Apache hasn't changed after Suse upgrade: s1:/var/spool # ps -ef|grep httpd root 5514 1 0 Jun18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf wwwrun 5515 5514 0 Jun18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf wwwrun 5516 5514 0 Jun18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf cat /etc/apache2/uid.conf User wwwrun Group www The permissions of the following directories are also the same as before: s1:/var/spool/squirrelmail # ls -lisa total 16 361261 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 wwwrun root 4096 Dec 6 2007 . 328322 4 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Dec 7 2007 .. 361263 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 wwwrun www 4096 Nov 14 2007 attachments 361262 4 drwxr-xr-x 29 wwwrun www 4096 Nov 15 2007 data s1:/var/spool/squirrelmail/data # ls -lisa|more total 288 361262 4 drwxr-xr-x 29 wwwrun www 4096 Nov 15 2007 . 361261 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 wwwrun root 4096 Dec 6 2007 .. 361701 4 -rw------- 1 wwwrun www 43 Mar 5 2007 .pref 361609 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 wwwrun www 0 Feb 14 2007 schr.abook 361645 4 drwx-----T 2 wwwrun www 4096 Feb 19 2007 schr.gnupg 361574 4 -rw------- 1 wwwrun www 167 Nov 13 2007 schr.pref Bernd schreiber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Paul Lesniewski wrote: >>>>> I have just installed Squirrelmail 1.4.15. >>>>> >>>>> The errors are the same. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Squirrelmail configtest said: >>>>> >>>>> SquirrelMail version: 1.4.15 >>>>> Config file version: 1.4.0 >>>>> Config file last modified: 18 June 2008 14:38:34 >>>>> Checking PHP configuration... >>>>> PHP version 5.2.5 OK. >>>>> display_errors: >>>>> error_reporting: 6143 >>>>> variables_order OK: GPCS. >>>>> PHP extensions OK. Dynamic loading is disabled. >>>>> Checking paths... >>>>> >>>>> ERROR: Data dir (/var/spool/squirrelmail/data/) does not exist! >>>>> >>>>> 2. Squirrelmail login: >>>>> Error opening ../data/default_pref >>>>> Could not create initial preference file! >>>>> /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user httpd > > The important bit here being 'user httpd' are you sure the user/group > name for Apache has not changed during the Suse upgrade. > >>>>> Please contact your system administrator and report this error. >>>>> >>>>> open_basedir is not set, safe_mode is off. >>>> >>>> did you check the permissions on the data dir? It should be accessible >>>> by >>>> the apache owner. Also please check if removing the trailing / changes >>>> anything. >>> >>> of course, I have checked the permissions of >>> /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ directory. >>> Yesterday I set the permissions from /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ >>> to 777 to test it. The same error. >>> This problem is not easy to solve. >> >> What are the permissions on the files inside it? Why don't you show a >> listing of it here? You should also check the permissions on all the >> directories leading up to it to see that the web server can change >> into them (usually means "other" has "x" permission on each >> directory). > > Not just permissions but the owner and group of the directories and > files, been caught by that one before. > > -- > Paul Carpenter | paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <http://www.pcserviceselectronics.co.uk/> PC Services > <http://www.pcserviceselectronics.co.uk/fonts/> Timing Diagram Font > <http://www.gnuh8.org.uk/> GNU H8 - compiler & Renesas H8/H8S/H8 Tiny > <http://www.badweb.org.uk/> For those web sites you hate > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > ----- > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ----- 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
