Hello Paul, I have now copied the file 'default_pref' from /srv/www/htdocs/squirrelmail/data/default_pref to /var/spool/squirrelmail/data . ls -lisa /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/default_pref 82081 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 wwwrun www 48 Jun 19 10:57 default_pref ls -lisa /srv/www/htdocs/squirrelmail/data/default_pref 512112 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 wwwrun www 48 Jun 18 14:17 default_pref cat default_pref full_name= reply_to= show_html_default=0 sort=0 Where can I set the squirrelmail installation to wwwrun.www ? Greetings Bernd > Bernd Schreiber wrote: >> 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 > > OK so they are the same, but the error says 'user httpd'. > >> 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 > > There is NO file 'default_pref' which the error refers to. > Either you have moved the data and attachment directories to > /var/spool/squirrelmail from the installation directories > or some other effect has happened from the update removing the file. > > Locate default_pref (or even off a backup). Copy it to > /var/spool/squirrelmail/data. > > Your squirrelmail installation is also set to wwwrun & www? > >> 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. >>> > ...... > -- > 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