Hello Helmut, you wrote >> 2. Squirrelmail login: >> Error opening ../data/default_pref >> Could not create initial preference file! >> /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user httpd > > "user httpd" seems to be wrong. > I couldn't find in any configuration file a user httpd. I think the user httpd is the owner of the apache server with the ownership wwwrun.www. I found in the configuration file of the Apache /etc/apache2/httpd.conf # run under this user/group id Include /etc/apache2/uid.conf and cat /etc/apache2/uid.conf User wwwrun Group www . I didn't find the user httpd in the configuration files of Squirrelmail. Bernd > Hallo, Bernd, > > Du (schreiber) meintest am 19.06.08: > >> The ownership of the Apache hasn't changed after Suse upgrade: > >> 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 > > > You had cited: > >> ERROR: Data dir (/var/spool/squirrelmail/data/) does not exist! > > ok - it exists. > And belongs to wwwrun:www > >> 2. Squirrelmail login: >> Error opening ../data/default_pref >> Could not create initial preference file! >> /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user httpd > > "user httpd" seems to be wrong. > > > [TOFU deleted] > > Viele Gruesse! > Helmut > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
