>>> I have managed to edit the config file and now there appears a login >>> page. However when I give in my credentials I get the following >>> message: >>> >>> Error opening ../data/default_pref >>> Could not create initial preference file! >>> /home/richel/mainwebsite_html/squirrelmail-1.4.19/data/ should be >>> writable by user apache Please contact your system administrator and >>> report this error. >>> >>> Permissions for both the squirremail directory as the data directory >>> are set to 777. >> >> Apparently not. According to the error message it's not possible for >> your web server to write to your data directory. Are you sure that the >> permission 777 is set on the right directory, i.e. >> </home/richel/mainwebsite_html/squirrelmail-1.4.19/data/>? >> >> It is very much more likely that this problem is caused by your file >> system rather than by a bug in SquirrelMail. > > Yes both Dreamweaver and my host's Controlpanel tell me that this data > directory has the 777 perms. Very strange. You should ask your ISP to fix it for you if you don't have shell access to the file system. Sincerely, Fredrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get ----- 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
