Re: [SM-USERS] Problem with squirrelmail error: Error opening ../data/default_pref

[joefitz <jo...@ld...>]

I want to add that the account was created sucessfully because I set it up
with outlook and it works fine.  I just cant get it to log into
squirrelmail.  Unfortunately, I need it to work with squirrel

Thanks


joefitz wrote:
> 
> A couple of days ago I attempted to add a new e-mail account to one of my
> domains through postfixadmin.  It created fine, but when I attempt to log
> into the account through squirrelmail, I get the error: Error opening
> ../data/default_pref
> Default preference file not found or not readable!
> 
> Any of the previous email accounts are working fine.
> 
> I'm currently using 1.4.8 of squirrelmail on a Fedora core 5 box.  I did
> not make any recent changes to the server and this problem just "appeared"
> 
> I did a search for this error on the forum and followed all the
> instructions that I found..ie..setting permissions ect with no avail.
> 
> I'm pretty new to linux so please bear with me.
> 
> The default_pref file is located in the following directory: 
> /var/www/puyallup/webmail/data
> 
> I also confirmed the proper directory structure in conf.pl as absolute.
> 
> Also, I checked phpmyadmin to verify the new email account was created in
> the Mysql database and it was there.
> 
> I also followed this guide:
> 
> http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/DataPermission
> 
> I do have a question.  I don't understand the comman line at the bottom
> (This is from the guide):
> 
> If you have done all of the above, and it still doesn't work, and you are
> running a linux like Fedora Core 4, that has SELinux, there here is what
> to do: 
> My data and attachment directories are outside of the html space, as
> recommended for security, and hence also outside of the space that
> squirrelmail, run by httpd, is allowed to access.
> 
> Running:
> 
> # chcon -t httpd_squirrelmail_t /usr/share/squirrelmail/attachments
> 
> # chcon -t httpd_squirrelmail_t /usr/share/squirrelmail/data
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 

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