Re: [SM-DEVEL] [SM-USERS] configtest.php fails in fedora rpm install

[Paul L. <pa...@sq...>]

On 10/5/06, Gary M. Witscher <gwi...@sb...> wrote:
> I tried to follow your instructions, but when I did I would get a blank
> page when accessing the configtest.php script. However, your suggestion
> started me thinking. As it turns out the 'include' for config.php is
> the main problem as it doesn't want to follow the symlink that RH puts
> there (the real file being in /etc/squirrelmail). Once I put the actual
> path in there the page loaded fine with a passing conclusion. Only one

Is this RH's responsibility?  I would hope so.  Do they watch these lists?



> thing is still missing, and that is the SquirrelMail version at the top.
>
> Concerning register_globals, I'm not the php person on this machine so
> I don't know why someone has enabled this. I am checking into it and
> will certainly pass along your suggesting that it be disabled.
>
> Thank you,
> Gary
>
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:37:57 +0300 (EEST)
> "Tomas Kuliavas" <to...@us...> wrote:
>
> |: > Hi,
> |: >
> |: > Software I'm using:
> |: >
> |: > * Scanner: mailscanner-4.45.4-1
> |: > * IMAP Server: dovecot-0.99.11-2.EL4.1
> |: > * PHP: 4.3.9-3.18
> |: > * Web server: httpd-2.0.52-ent (Apache)
> |: > * Platform: RedHat fc4
> |: > * SquirrelMail installed from RedHat RPM via up2date
> |: > * SquirrelMail version: 1.4.8-2.el4
> |: > * Browsers: FireFox  1.5.0.7 and Galeon 2.0.1
> |: >
> |: > Although everything seems to be working ok, I still get this error when
> |: > I browse configtest.php:
> |: >
> |: > *************************
> |: > SquirrelMail version:
> |: > Config file version:
> |: > Config file last modified: 30 September 2006 19:15:30
> |: > Checking PHP configuration...
> |: > PHP version 4.3.9 OK.
> |: > PHP extensions OK.
> |: >
> |: > ERROR: You have enabled PHP register_globals. Running PHP installation
> |: > with register_globals=on can cause problems. See security information
> |: > about register_globals. Checking paths...
> |: >
> |: > ERROR: Data dir () does not exist!
> |: > *************************
> |: >
> |: > I'm concerned that the version numbers are missing and that the data
> |: > dir is empty. The data dir used is the default RH
> |: > dir, /var/lib/squirlmail/prefs/ . It does exits and is writable by the
> |: > apache user. I can send and receive mail.
> |: >
> |: > This is a new install. Before this someone had installed squirrelmail
> |: > 1.4.5  from a source tar.gz in the web Document root. Running
> |: > configtest.php gave a full and successful report under this older
> |: > installation.
> |: >
> |: > My question is, does anyone know what is causing this new installation
> |: > to fail the squirrelmail configtest?
> |:
> |: When I checked code, I looked for global.php includes. Missed code that
> |: loaded strings.php without global.php.
> |:
> |: See attached patch. Minus shows removed lines, plus shows added lines,
> |: other lines allow to locate modified code.
> |:
> |: Please note that SquirrelMail 1.4.8 and 1.5.2cvs requires correct script
> |: load order. register_globals safety features will break incorrectly coded
> |: scripts in register_globals = on setups. I strongly recommend turning off
> |: register_globals setting. Turn it on only for scripts that need it.
> |:
> |: --
> |: Tomas
>
>
> --
> Sacramente yadydum fatscu!
>                        -- Flo