RE: [SM-STABLE] Error opening ../../data/default_pref

[p d. t. <pdo...@an...>]

> I am running version 1.2x just fine. So, I wanted to upgrade to stable
> 1.4.0 and am having a hard time. Thing is, I don't have shell access
to
> run the config.pl, so I edit manually the config file and eventually
get
> things working. Except this version I get the following errors when
> installing plugins:
> 
> Error opening ../../data/default_pref
> Could not create initial preference file!
> ../data/ should be writable by user web
> Please contact your system administrator and report this error.
> 
> I've changed the permissions all sorts of ways, though I can't CHOWN
> with my limited access to the web site. I can't help but feel that the
> plugins look for a data directory in a different place then the config
> states. I tried explicit path, and it too didn't work too well. Any
> suggestions for how to resolve this?

Plugins shouldn't be accessing your prefs any differently than the core
code.
Please check this:

http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/DataPermission

If you still think it's a plugin, please disable them all then add them
back one at a time so you can tell us which one it is.  When you do so,
it'd be most useful if you could post to the SM-PLUGINS mailing list.

Thanks,

 paul