Re: [SM-USERS] Executing files

[Jonathan A. <ja...@ce...>]

Hello Jorge,
On Monday, August 12, 2002, Jorge Domingos wrote...

> In the documentation, I read I have to run conf.pl to config
> config.php. How do I run this file? I only know Windows and DOS, I'm
> not familiar with Unix. Can I run that file in my Windows PC system?

The config.pl file is a perl script.  You should be able to run it on
your windows PC *if* you have perl installed.  If not, on the unix
computer, go into the config directory as such:

cd /path/to/squirrelmail/config

then launch the program as such:

./config.pl

This should run the config file for you.  If it doesn't launch, check
to make sure the very first line is correct by typing whereis perl,
making a note of the path, and opening the file with an editor such as
vi, or pico (vi config.pl or pico config.pl) and checking the first
line, make sure that it is the same as the one you noted.

> Also for plugins, I read I have to run some setup program and I
> don't know how.

This is fairly easy, extract the plugin into the plugins directory (it
should normally create its own directory), and then run the config.pl
script as shown above, and go to the plugin option (8 I believe) and
type the number of the new plugin. An example:

# cd /www/servers/squirrelmail/plugins
# tar xzf restrict_access.tar.gz

(this is a plugin I'm working on atm, so you won't find it)

# cd /www/servers/squirrelmail/config
# ./config.pl

-- 
Jonathan Angliss
(ja...@ce...)