> we have solved the problem! > The history: > Squirrelmail was running before a suse linux online update, but not after > it. > The message of the Squirrelmail configtest after the update was: > ERROR: Data dir (/var/spool/squirrelmail/data/) does not exist! > > This error message is wrong. The Data dir /var/spool/squirrelmail/data/ > exists. The absolute path of the data dir is outside of the htdocs tree. > With the Data dir and the attachment dir inside of the htdocs tree > (/srv/www/htdocs/squirrelmail) the Squirrelmail is running again. > It seems to be a security problem of PHP, but safe_mode is set to off > and open_basedir is not set. You have *avoided* your problem, not solved it. It does sound suspiciously to me like one of the directories /var, /var/spool or /var/spool/squirrelmail does not have execute permission for the "other" class of user - and you ignored the suggestion to investigate this matter. The point of having data and attachments OUTSIDE the htdocs tree is intentional and plenty of people successfully run it this way - a more secure way to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
