I am past this point now. Solved a bit more items. But now stuck on writing permissions to the attachment directory (/var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/) - main thing I fixed was the squirrelmail conf file in the /etc/httpd directories. Jay > Good Evening, > > Problem: Squirrelmail will not run due to likely permissions issue on the server. > > I am trying to get Squirrelmail running on a Centos 8 server. I have Centos 8 fully patched and running on stream. Using Apache, dovecot, > SA, and clamav for email. I have all those pieces installed and working, just need the webmail app to work and I should be GTG. > > PHP is version 7.3.33, and I installed the 1.4.23-SVN gz file dated 11-17-2021. > > I ran conf.pl and updated the parameters for this particular server. > > The web Document root for Apache is /www. Squirrelmail is installed in /usr/share/squirrelmail.1423 > > I have a squirrelmail config file at /etc/httpd/conf.module.d called 16-squirrelmail.conf > Contents of that file are: > # > # SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. > # > > Alias /webmail "/usr/share/squirrelmail.1423" > > #<Directory "/usr/share/squirrelmail.1423/plugins/squirrelspell/modules"> > <Directory "/webmail"> > AllowOverride None > Options Indexes Multiviews > Require all granted > </Directory> > > # this section makes squirrelmail use https connections only, for this you > # need to have mod_ssl installed. If you want to use unsecure http > # connections, just remove this section: > #6-12-2020 commented out next five lines to test sqmail in http mode only > <Directory /usr/share/squirrelmail.1423> > RewriteEngine on > RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on > RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} > </Directory> > > I do not know if this ^^^file^^^ needs to be configured more. > > My issue: When trying to run the configtest.php file, I get the following error in the httpd/ssl_error.log file > [Thu Nov 18 18:12:41.534518 2021] [authz_core:error] [pid 9493:tid 140018726373120] [client 10.20.30.61:38104] AH01630: client denied by > server configuration: /usr/share/squirrelmail.1423/src/configtest.php > > So, I think my issue with Squirrelmail is a permissions issue and I've been trying to solve that today. Any changes to any /etc/httpd > conf files result in a restart for httpd for testing. > > Can someone give me a few other pointers to look at, and also provide any insight into if the file contents I have provided are correct. > I can also provide additional data as needed. > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > > > ----- > 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 > ----- 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