On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Bernd Schreiber <schreiber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> 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. > > the directories /var, /var/spool and /var/spool/squirrelmail have all > execute permission for the "other" class of user: > /var/spool # ls -lisa > total 183080 > 328322 4 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Dec 7 2007 . > 328321 4 drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Dec 7 2007 .. > 361261 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 wwwrun root 4096 Dec 6 2007 squirrelmail Then there is some other issue, perhaps with your PHP configuration. Did you check your PHP settings per the information here?: http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/TestPHPSettings Look at things like open_basedir and safe_mode, etc. It *IS* a configuration problem on your server, and NOT a SquirrelMail problem, as SM runs perfectly fine with these dirs out of the htdocs tree. You just need to look closely at what changed. Maybe you should ask in a SUSE-specific forum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
