Hallo, Bernd, Du (schreiber) meintest am 19.06.08: >>> 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. Don't full quote, please! Try first pidof httpd It should show some process IDs. Take the first PID, ps wu <this PID> The user is shown there. 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