> Okay, I found something strange. I suspected that it was a permission problem and remembered assigning a very generous 777 permission onto /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/ and still had it fail. That path was what was expected by squirrelmail. So when I humored you and followed the steps on: https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/squirrelmail-could-not-move-copy-file-file-not-attached-when-trying-to-attach-a-fi.55043/ 1) create directory in /usr/share/squirrelmail/ for example attach - /usr/share/squirrelmail/attach 2) chmod 733 -R /usr/share/squirrelmail/attach 2) squirrelmail-configure 3) choose 4(General Options) and press Enter 4) choose 2(Attachment Directory) and past /usr/share/squirrelmail/attach I got it to work, which was quite maddening because the steps were equivalent, and these are more restrictive permissions, than what I had done. I verified the permission of the old attach folder in /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach and saw that it was owned by root:www-data and was assigned to permissions 730. That tells me two things. First of all, the permissions I remembered applying didn't stick and apparently whatever is editing the folder contents is not root nor in the www-data group neither. It also tells me that my generous 777 permissions aren't there. (I pattern searched for drwxrwxrwx from ls -Ral / and could not find that I ever assigned permission 777 on any directory. The chmod command wasn't in .bash_history of my root or user account, so l can only guess I typed it, missed the enter key, and closed the term window) Thanks for the affirmation that I was on the right track. Timothy D Legg > > On 2017å¹´07æ??03æ?¥ 07:29, Timothy D Legg wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When I attach and add a file, I get an error message: >> >> Could not move/copy file. File not attached >> >> and each time I try, a new entry in /var/log/apache2/error.log is >> generated: >> >> [Mon Jul 03 16:03:01.455914 2017] [:error] [pid 7204] [client >> 184.156.x.y:57053] PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction >> in effect. >> File(/var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/nEXi661psD7IGoliHjmvpH82lZi52Wb8) is >> not within the allowed path(s): >> (/usr/share/squirrelmail:/etc/squirrelmail:/var/lib/squirrelmail:/etc/hostname:/etc/mailname) >> in /usr/share/squirrelmail/src/compose.php on line 1470, referer: >> https://www.sellfam.com/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?passed_id=9340&mailbox=INBOX&startMessage=1&passed_ent_id=0&smaction=reply >> >> Before checking the logs, I relaxed the permissions on >> /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/ down to 777 for diagnostics. I now >> suspect that this is a bad interaction with PHP instead. Lacking seeing >> any recent postings on this topic, I suspect it's fair to raise it again >> as a lot has probably evolved over the years. >> >> I looked in /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and found that open_basedir is not >> set and holds no value. So, I'm not certain what the restriction is >> that >> Squirrelmail is finding. > > SquirrelMail is not finding anything; this is a PHP warning message and > thus a problem with your particular system configuration. As far as I > know, there should be nothing different than the solutions already given > over the years on this mailing list, the SquirrelMail website and the > Internet in general. If you don't find that setting enabled in your PHP > configuration file, you likely are not looking at the right > configuration file. > > -- > Paul Lesniewski > SquirrelMail Team > Please support Open Source Software by donating to SquirrelMail! > http://squirrelmail.org/donate_paul_lesniewski.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > ----- > 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 vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ----- 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
