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[SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS) - mail server
VMWare
Webmin
Usermin
CentOS 5 (Guest OS)
squirrelmail-1.4.11


http://domain.com/squirrelmail
Not Found

The requested URL /squirrelmail was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.3 PHP/5.2.1 mod_ssl/2.2.3
OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at domain.com Port 80

http://domain.com:80/squirrelmail
http://domain.com:8080/squirrelmail
Same output


Please advise where shall I check and how to fix it.  TIA


B.R.
Stephen L

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

satimis wrote:
> 
> Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS) - mail server
> VMWare
> Webmin
> Usermin
> CentOS 5 (Guest OS)
> squirrelmail-1.4.11
> 
> 
> http://domain.com/squirrelmail
> Not Found
> 
> The requested URL /squirrelmail was not found on this server.
> Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.3 PHP/5.2.1 mod_ssl/2.2.3
> OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at domain.com Port 80
> 
> http://domain.com:80/squirrelmail
> http://domain.com:8080/squirrelmail
> Same output
> 
> Please advise where shall I check and how to fix it.  TIA
> 

See Apache documentation on Alias directive.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias

centos squirrelmail rpm adds alias to /webmail and not to /squirrelmail

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

Hi Tomas,


Thanks for your advice.


> satimis wrote:
> > 
> > Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS) - mail server
> > VMWare
> > Webmin
> > Usermin
> > CentOS 5 (Guest OS)
> > squirrelmail-1.4.11
> > 
> > 
> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail
> > Not Found
> > 
> > The requested URL /squirrelmail was not found on this server.
> > Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.3 PHP/5.2.1 mod_ssl/2.2.3
> > OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at domain.com Port 80
> > 
> > http://domain.com:80/squirrelmail
> > http://domain.com:8080/squirrelmail
> > Same output
> > 
> > Please advise where shall I check and how to fix it.  TIA
> > 
> 
> See Apache documentation on Alias directive.
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias
> 
> centos squirrelmail rpm adds alias to /webmail and not to
> /squirrelmail


Squirrelmail is installed on Ubuntu 7.04, the mail server.  CentOS not
yet configured.


On /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
following lines already added under <IfModule mod_alias.c>

<IfModule mod_alias.c>
.....
.....
    Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www

    <Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
        Options Indexes
        AllowOverride none
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

</IfModule>


and re-run;
# /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart
   Shutting down http.vmware:                             done
   Starting httpd.vmware:                                 done


However I don't know whether /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
is the correct file.  Because;

# find / -name httpd.conf
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/src/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/home/satimis/httpd.conf
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

found other httpd.conf.


/home/satimis/httpd.conf
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
are empty files


B.R.
Stephen L


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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

>> > 
>> > Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS) - mail server
>> > VMWare
>> > Webmin
>> > Usermin
>> > CentOS 5 (Guest OS)
>> > squirrelmail-1.4.11
>> > 
>> > 
>> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail
>> > Not Found
>> > 
>> > The requested URL /squirrelmail was not found on this server.
>> > Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.3 PHP/5.2.1 mod_ssl/2.2.3
>> > OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at domain.com Port 80
>> > 
>> > http://domain.com:80/squirrelmail
>> > http://domain.com:8080/squirrelmail
>> > Same output
>> > 
>> > Please advise where shall I check and how to fix it.  TIA
>> > 
>> 
>> See Apache documentation on Alias directive.
>> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias
>> 
>> centos squirrelmail rpm adds alias to /webmail and not to
>> /squirrelmail
> 
> 
> Squirrelmail is installed on Ubuntu 7.04, the mail server.  CentOS not
> yet configured.
> 
> 
> On /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> following lines already added under <IfModule mod_alias.c>
> 
> <IfModule mod_alias.c>
> .....
> .....
>     Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
> 
>     <Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
>         Options Indexes
>         AllowOverride none
>         DirectoryIndex index.php
>         Order allow,deny
>         allow from all
>     </Directory>
> 
> </IfModule>
> 
> 
> and re-run;
> # /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart
>    Shutting down http.vmware:                             done
>    Starting httpd.vmware:                                 done
> 
> 
> However I don't know whether /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> is the correct file.  Because;
> 
> # find / -name httpd.conf
> /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> /usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> /usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> /usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/src/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> /home/satimis/httpd.conf
> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> 
> found other httpd.conf.
> 
> 
> /home/satimis/httpd.conf
> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> are empty files
> 
> 

Why are you installing SquirrelMail in vmware web service? It is proprietary
setup designed to manage guest oses. Less you mess with it, less problems
you have. If something breaks in your vmware web setup after you install n
third party extensions and make n modifications, vmware people can refuse to
support it. Keep it on some high port and use standard Ubuntu Apache2 on tcp
80/443 ports.

Create file with
----
Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
<Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
    Options Indexes
    AllowOverride none
    DirectoryIndex index.php
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>
----

Copy it to /etc/apache2/conf.d/ directory

Check Ubuntu Apache2 configuration ('apache2ctl configtest')

Restart Apache2 ('/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' or 'apache2ctl restart')

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf is empty on Debian and Ubuntu. All configuration is
modular and it is stored in other /etc/apache2/ files

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:
 
> >> > Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS) - mail server
> >> > VMWare
> >> > Webmin
> >> > Usermin
> >> > CentOS 5 (Guest OS)
> >> > squirrelmail-1.4.11
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail
> >> > Not Found
> >> > 
> >> > The requested URL /squirrelmail was not found on this server.
> >> > Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.3 PHP/5.2.1 mod_ssl/2.2.3
> >> > OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at domain.com Port 80
> >> > 
> >> > http://domain.com:80/squirrelmail
> >> > http://domain.com:8080/squirrelmail
> >> > Same output
> >> > 
> >> > Please advise where shall I check and how to fix it.  TIA
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> See Apache documentation on Alias directive.
> >> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias
> >> 
> >> centos squirrelmail rpm adds alias to /webmail and not to
> >> /squirrelmail
> > 
> > 
> > Squirrelmail is installed on Ubuntu 7.04, the mail server.  CentOS
> not
> > yet configured.
> > 
> > 
> > On /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> > following lines already added under <IfModule mod_alias.c>
> > 
> > <IfModule mod_alias.c>
> > .....
> > .....
> >     Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
> > 
> >     <Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
> >         Options Indexes
> >         AllowOverride none
> >         DirectoryIndex index.php
> >         Order allow,deny
> >         allow from all
> >     </Directory>
> > 
> > </IfModule>
> > 
> > 
> > and re-run;
> > # /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart
> >    Shutting down http.vmware:                             done
> >    Starting httpd.vmware:                                 done
> > 
> > 
> > However I don't know whether
> /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> > is the correct file.  Because;
> > 
> > # find / -name httpd.conf
> > /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> > /usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> >
>
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> >
>
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/src/apache/conf/httpd.conf
> > /home/satimis/httpd.conf
> > /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> > 
> > found other httpd.conf.
> > 
> > 
> > /home/satimis/httpd.conf
> > /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> > are empty files
> > 
> > 
> 
> Why are you installing SquirrelMail in vmware web service? It is
> proprietary
> setup designed to manage guest oses. Less you mess with it, less
> problems
> you have. If something breaks in your vmware web setup after you
> install n
> third party extensions and make n modifications, vmware people can
> refuse to
> support it. Keep it on some high port and use standard Ubuntu Apache2
> on tcp
> 80/443 ports.
> 
> Create file with
> ----
> Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
> <Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
>     Options Indexes
>     AllowOverride none
>     DirectoryIndex index.php
>     Order allow,deny
>     allow from all
> </Directory>
> ----
> 
> Copy it to /etc/apache2/conf.d/ directory
> 
> Check Ubuntu Apache2 configuration ('apache2ctl configtest')
> 
> Restart Apache2 ('/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' or 'apache2ctl
> restart')
> 
> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is empty on Debian and Ubuntu. All
> configuration is
> modular and it is stored in other /etc/apache2/ files


Hi Tomas,


Thanks for your advice.


Remove previous entry on /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf


$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/http.conf

copy follow on this file;
Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
<Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
    Options Indexes
    AllowOverride none
    DirectoryIndex index.php
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>


$ apt-cache policy php5
php5:
  Installed: 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.4
  Candidate: 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.4
  Version table:
 *** 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.2.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://u
s.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages

Add PHP support to apache:
Also copy follows on abovementioned file;

    <IfModule mod_php5.c>
      AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
    </IfModule>


$ cat /etc/apache2/conf.d/http.conf 
Alias /squirrelmail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www

    <IfModule mod_php5.c>
       AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
    </IfModule>

    <Directory /usr/local/squirrelmail/www>
       Options Indexes
       AllowOverride none
       DirectoryIndex index.php
       Order allow,deny
       allow from all
     </Directory>
* end *


$ sudo find / -name apachectl
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/bin/apachectl
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/apache/bin/apachectl
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/apache/bin/apachectl
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/src/apache/bin/apachectl
* end *


apachectl is only available on vmware web service

$ sudo /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/bin/apachectl graceful
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/bin/apachectl graceful: httpd gracefully
restarted


$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
following apache2ctl config text enabled;
ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock

PidFile /var/run/apache2.pid

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf

Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf

Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/

Alias /icons/ "/usr/share/apache2/icons/"

<Directory "/usr/share/apache2/icons">
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
</Directory>

Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
* end *


$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Forcing reload of web server (apache2)...          [ OK ] 


On browser:-
http://localhost/squirrelmail/

Only hanging there.


http://satimis.com/squirrelmail/
ERROR: Config file "config/config.php" not found. You need to configure
SquirrelMail before you can use it.


$ sudo find / -name config.php
/etc/squirrelmail/config.php

The config.php is there.


$ apt-cache policy courier-imap
courier-imap:
  Installed: 4.1.1.20060828-5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.1.1.20060828-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.1.20060828-5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


Shall I replace all "IMAP" on "config.php" with Courier-IMAP?  


How to fix the problem?  TIA


B.R.
Stephen L

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

> $ sudo find / -name apachectl
> /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/bin/apachectl
> /usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/apache/bin/apachectl
> /usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/apache/bin/apachectl
> /usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/src/apache/bin/apachectl
> * end *
> 
> 
> apachectl is only available on vmware web service
> 

apache2ctl
You have installed Ubuntu apache2 package and not apache or apache-ssl.

tomas@kirke:~$ whereis apache2ctl
apache2ctl: /usr/sbin/apache2ctl /usr/share/man/man8/apache2ctl.8.gz
tomas@kirke:~$



> On browser:-
> http://localhost/squirrelmail/
> 
> Only hanging there.
> 
> 
> http://satimis.com/squirrelmail/
> ERROR: Config file "config/config.php" not found. You need to configure
> SquirrelMail before you can use it.
> 
> 
> $ sudo find / -name config.php
> /etc/squirrelmail/config.php
> 
> The config.php is there.
> ..
> How to fix the problem?  TIA
> 

Decide which squirrelmail you are going to use. You have
/usr/share/squirrelmail from Ubuntu deb package and own one in
/usr/local/squirrelmail/www

If you keep /usr/share/squirrelmail, fix alias setting and use
'squirrelmail-configure' command to configure it.

If you keep /usr/local/squirrelmail/www, go to
/usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config/ directory and configure squirrelmail by
running './conf.pl' command in that directory.

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:

> 
> > $ sudo find / -name apachectl
> > /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/bin/apachectl
> > /usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/apache/bin/apachectl
> >
>
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/apache/bin/apachectl
> >
>
/usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/mui/src/apache/bin/apachectl
> > * end *
> > 
> > 
> > apachectl is only available on vmware web service
> > 
> 
> apache2ctl
> You have installed Ubuntu apache2 package and not apache or
> apache-ssl.


apache2 was installed when I installed the OS, ubuntu 7.04 server
amd64.  I haven't installed apache nor apache-ssl


> 
> tomas@kirke:~$ whereis apache2ctl
> apache2ctl: /usr/sbin/apache2ctl /usr/share/man/man8/apache2ctl.8.gz
> tomas@kirke:~$


$ whereis apache2ctl
apache2ctl: /usr/sbin/apache2ctl /usr/share/man/man8/apache2ctl.8.gz


> > On browser:-
> > http://localhost/squirrelmail/
> > 
> > Only hanging there.
> > 
> > 
> > http://satimis.com/squirrelmail/
> > ERROR: Config file "config/config.php" not found. You need to
> configure
> > SquirrelMail before you can use it.
> > 
> > 
> > $ sudo find / -name config.php
> > /etc/squirrelmail/config.php
> > 
> > The config.php is there.
> > ..
> > How to fix the problem?  TIA
> > 
> 
> Decide which squirrelmail you are going to use. You have
> /usr/share/squirrelmail from Ubuntu deb package and own one in
> /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
> 
> If you keep /usr/share/squirrelmail, fix alias setting and use
> 'squirrelmail-configure' command to configure it.


No, I won't use it.

At the beginning I ran "apt-get install" to download/install
squirrelmail on repo.  I can't make it to work.  Therefore I ran
"apt-get remove" to remove it.  I started again following the official
document and download squirrelmail package on website


> If you keep /usr/local/squirrelmail/www, go to
> /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config/ directory and configure
> squirrelmail by
> running './conf.pl' command in that directory.
> 


Performed following steps

$ cd /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config

$ su
Password: 
# ./conf.pl 


Main Menu --
1.  Organization Preferences
2.  Server Settings
3.  Folder Defaults
4.  General Options
5.  Themes
6.  Address Books
7.  Message of the Day (MOTD)
8.  Plugins
9.  Database
10. Languages

D.  Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

C   Turn color on
S   Save data
Q   Quit


Command >> 2
--> 1
[example.com]: satimis.com [Enter]


Server Settings

General
-------
1.  Domain                 : satimis.com
2.  Invert Time            : false
3.  Sendmail or SMTP       : SMTP

A.  Update IMAP Settings   : localhost:143 (other)
B.  Update SMTP Settings   : localhost:25

R   Return to Main Menu
C   Turn color on
S   Save data
Q   Quit


--> 3
1 Sendmail
2 SMTP
Your choice [1/2] [2]: 2 [Enter]


Command >> 4 (General Options)

1.  Data Directory              : /var/local/squirrelmail/data/
2.  Attachment Directory        : ../attachments/
3.  Directory Hash Level        : 0
4.  Default Left Size           : 150
5.  Usernames in Lowercase      : false
6.  Allow use of priority       : true
7.  Hide SM attributions        : false
8.  Allow use of receipts       : true
9.  Allow editing of identity   : true
    Allow editing of name       : true
    Remove username from header : false
10. Allow server thread sort    : false
11. Allow server-side sorting   : false
12. Allow server charset search : true
13. Enable UID support          : true
14. PHP session name            : SQMSESSID
15. Location base               : 

--> 2
[/var/local/squirrelmail/attach/]: ../attachments/


Command >> 3
Folder Defaults
1.  Default Folder Prefix         : 
2.  Show Folder Prefix Option     : false
3.  Trash Folder                  : INBOX.Trash
4.  Sent Folder                   : INBOX.Sent
5.  Drafts Folder                 : INBOX.Drafts
6.  By default, move to trash     : true
7.  By default, move to sent      : true
8.  By default, save as draft     : true
9.  List Special Folders First    : true
10. Show Special Folders Color    : true
11. Auto Expunge                  : true
12. Default Sub. of INBOX         : true
13. Show 'Contain Sub.' Option    : false
14. Default Unseen Notify         : 2
15. Default Unseen Type           : 1
16. Auto Create Special Folders   : true
17. Folder Delete Bypasses Trash  : false
18. Enable /NoSelect folder fix   : false

--> 1
[]: INBOX

--> 3
[INBOX.Trash]: Trash

--> 4
[INBOX.Sent]: Sent

--> 5
[R]: Draft

--> 12
Default sub of INBOX (y/n) [y]: y

--> 13
Show option (y/n) [n]: y


Command >> S
Data saved in config.php
Press enter to continue...

Command >> Q

Exiting conf.pl.
You might want to test your configuration by browsing to
http://your-squirrelmail-location/src/configtest.php
Happy SquirrelMailing!

root@mail:/usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config# 


If I did anything wrong please correct me.  TIA


On Firefox
http://localhost/squirrelmail

Still hanging
???


http://domain.com/squirrelmail

starts;
SquirrelMail
webmail
for
nuts


I can't login with root/users with accounts on Postfix

Error
Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.
110 : Connection timed out


I'm running courier.  How to get the problem fixed?  TIA


B.R.
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

> Performed following steps
> 
> $ cd /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config
> 
> $ su
> Password: 
> # ./conf.pl 
> 
> ...
> 

You have set data and attachment directories and domain name. Then you
misconfigured your SquirrelMail setup by setting options that don't fit your
courier-imap setup.

Standard setup procedure is:
1. select imap server in D command
2. set domain
3. set data and attachment directory
4. change other things, if you know what they do or defaults don't fit your
setup.



> On Firefox
> http://localhost/squirrelmail
> 
> Still hanging
> ???
> 

Please explain term "hanging" or check your logs. Web server crashes,
redirects browser to some unknown site or does something else?

Or show your apache2 configuration. All files, directories and symbolic
links stored in /etc/apache2 directory excluding SSL keys.



> http://domain.com/squirrelmail
> 
> starts;
> SquirrelMail
> webmail
> for
> nuts
> 
> 
> I can't login with root/users with accounts on Postfix
> 

Never ever try logging in as root to POP3 or IMAP service. Use standard
unprivileged account for testing.



> 
> Error
> Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.
> 110 : Connection timed out
> 
> 
> I'm running courier.  How to get the problem fixed?  TIA
> 

Can you connect to your imap server with other email client or telnet?

---
telnet localhost 143
... you should see courier imap greeting here ...
A01 logout
---

Try solving your problem on IRC
(http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/InternetRelayChat). Maybe some people can help
you faster than messaging on mailing list. You have generic first time setup
issues and these are solved faster in real time.

-- 
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:

> > Performed following steps
> > 
> > $ cd /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config
> > 
> > $ su
> > Password: 
> > # ./conf.pl 
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> 
> You have set data and attachment directories and domain name. Then
> you
> misconfigured your SquirrelMail setup by setting options that don't
> fit your
> courier-imap setup.
> 
> Standard setup procedure is:
> 1. select imap server in D command
> 2. set domain
> 3. set data and attachment directory
> 4. change other things, if you know what they do or defaults don't
> fit your
> setup.

Please advise how to cancel all previous entries before re-running
./conf.pl?

TIA

 
> > On Firefox
> > http://localhost/squirrelmail
> > 
> > Still hanging
> > ???
> > 
> 
> Please explain term "hanging" or check your logs. Web server crashes,
> redirects browser to some unknown site or does something else?


It hangs there for sometimes then popup;
The connection has timed out
The server at localhost is taking too long to respond.



> Or show your apache2 configuration. All files, directories and
> symbolic
> links stored in /etc/apache2 directory excluding SSL keys.


$ ls -al /etc/apache2/
total 88
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 2007-11-28 00:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 99 root root 12288 2007-12-04 23:08 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 24175 2007-01-15 10:46 apache2.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2007-12-04 14:25 conf.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    22 2007-11-28 00:09 dav_svn.passwd
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   895 2007-01-15 10:46 envvars
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     0 2007-09-06 00:11 httpd.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 12288 2007-11-30 21:05 mods-available
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2007-11-30 21:05 mods-enabled
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    22 2007-10-26 07:04 ports.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    10 2007-09-06 08:10
ports.conf.origin.20071026
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2007-11-27 14:23 sites-available
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2007-11-27 14:27 sites-enabled
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2007-11-27 23:05 ssl
* end *



$ cat /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
....
ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock
#</IfModule>
#</IfModule>


PidFile /var/run/apache2.pid

Timeout 300

KeepAlive On

MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

KeepAliveTimeout 15

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
    StartServers          5
    MinSpareServers       5
    MaxSpareServers      10
    MaxClients          150
    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
</IfModule>

<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
    StartServers          2
    MaxClients          150
    MinSpareThreads      25
    MaxSpareThreads      75 
    ThreadsPerChild      25
    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
</IfModule>

User www-data
Group www-data

AccessFileName .htaccess

<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Files>

TypesConfig /etc/mime.types

DefaultType text/plain


HostnameLookups Off

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

LogLevel warn

# Include module configuration:
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf

# Include all the user configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

# Include ports listing
Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf

# Include generic snippets of statements
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/


LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
\"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

ServerTokens Full

#

ServerSignature On

<IfModule alias_module>

    Alias /icons/ "/usr/share/apache2/icons/"

    <Directory "/usr/share/apache2/icons">
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

</IfModule>


<IfModule mod_autoindex.c>

    IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort HTMLTable NameWidth=*

    AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip

    AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/*
    AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/*
    AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/*
    AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/*

    AddIcon /icons/binary.gif .bin .exe
    AddIcon /icons/binhex.gif .hqx
    AddIcon /icons/tar.gif .tar
    AddIcon /icons/world2.gif .wrl .wrl.gz .vrml .vrm .iv
    AddIcon /icons/compressed.gif .Z .z .tgz .gz .zip
    AddIcon /icons/a.gif .ps .ai .eps
    AddIcon /icons/layout.gif .html .shtml .htm .pdf
    AddIcon /icons/text.gif .txt
    AddIcon /icons/c.gif .c
    AddIcon /icons/p.gif .pl .py
    AddIcon /icons/f.gif .for
    AddIcon /icons/dvi.gif .dvi
    AddIcon /icons/uuencoded.gif .uu
    AddIcon /icons/script.gif .conf .sh .shar .csh .ksh .tcl
    AddIcon /icons/tex.gif .tex
    AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif core

    AddIcon /icons/back.gif ..
    AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
    AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
    AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^

    #
    # DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an
icon
    # explicitly set.
    #
    DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif

    ReadmeName README.html
    HeaderName HEADER.html

    IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# RCS CVS *,v *,t 
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_mime.c>

    AddType application/x-compress .Z
    AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

    AddLanguage ca .ca
    AddLanguage cs .cz .cs
    AddLanguage da .dk
    AddLanguage de .de
    AddLanguage el .el
    AddLanguage en .en
    AddLanguage eo .eo
    AddLanguage es .es
    AddLanguage et .et
    AddLanguage fr .fr
    AddLanguage he .he
    AddLanguage hr .hr
    AddLanguage it .it
    AddLanguage ja .ja
    AddLanguage ko .ko
    AddLanguage ltz .ltz
    AddLanguage nl .nl
    AddLanguage nn .nn
    AddLanguage no .no
    AddLanguage pl .po
    AddLanguage pt .pt
    AddLanguage pt-BR .pt-br
    AddLanguage ru .ru
    AddLanguage sv .sv
    AddLanguage zh-CN .zh-cn
    AddLanguage zh-TW .zh-tw
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
    LanguagePriority en ca cs da de el eo es et fr he hr it ja ko ltz
nl nn no pl pt pt-BR ru sv zh-CN zh-TW

    ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_mime.c>
  
    AddCharset us-ascii    .ascii .us-ascii
    AddCharset ISO-8859-1  .iso8859-1  .latin1
    AddCharset ISO-8859-2  .iso8859-2  .latin2 .cen
    AddCharset ISO-8859-3  .iso8859-3  .latin3
    AddCharset ISO-8859-4  .iso8859-4  .latin4
    AddCharset ISO-8859-5  .iso8859-5  .cyr .iso-ru
    AddCharset ISO-8859-6  .iso8859-6  .arb .arabic
    AddCharset ISO-8859-7  .iso8859-7  .grk .greek
    AddCharset ISO-8859-8  .iso8859-8  .heb .hebrew
    AddCharset ISO-8859-9  .iso8859-9  .latin5 .trk
    AddCharset ISO-8859-10  .iso8859-10  .latin6
    AddCharset ISO-8859-13  .iso8859-13
    AddCharset ISO-8859-14  .iso8859-14  .latin8
    AddCharset ISO-8859-15  .iso8859-15  .latin9
    AddCharset ISO-8859-16  .iso8859-16  .latin10
    AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .iso2022-jp .jis
    AddCharset ISO-2022-KR .iso2022-kr .kis
    AddCharset ISO-2022-CN .iso2022-cn .cis
    AddCharset Big5        .Big5       .big5 .b5
    AddCharset cn-Big5     .cn-big5
    # For russian, more than one charset is used (depends on client,
mostly):
    AddCharset WINDOWS-1251 .cp-1251   .win-1251
    AddCharset CP866       .cp866
    AddCharset KOI8      .koi8
    AddCharset KOI8-E      .koi8-e
    AddCharset KOI8-r      .koi8-r .koi8-ru
    AddCharset KOI8-U      .koi8-u
    AddCharset KOI8-ru     .koi8-uk .ua
    AddCharset ISO-10646-UCS-2 .ucs2
    AddCharset ISO-10646-UCS-4 .ucs4
    AddCharset UTF-7       .utf7
    AddCharset UTF-8       .utf8
    AddCharset UTF-16      .utf16
    AddCharset UTF-16BE    .utf16be
    AddCharset UTF-16LE    .utf16le
    AddCharset UTF-32      .utf32
    AddCharset UTF-32BE    .utf32be
    AddCharset UTF-32LE    .utf32le
    AddCharset euc-cn      .euc-cn
    AddCharset euc-gb      .euc-gb
    AddCharset euc-jp      .euc-jp
    AddCharset euc-kr      .euc-kr
    #Not sure how euc-tw got in - IANA doesn't list it???
    AddCharset EUC-TW      .euc-tw
    AddCharset gb2312      .gb2312 .gb
    AddCharset iso-10646-ucs-2 .ucs-2 .iso-10646-ucs-2
    AddCharset iso-10646-ucs-4 .ucs-4 .iso-10646-ucs-4
    AddCharset shift_jis   .shift_jis .sjis

    AddHandler type-map var

    AddType text/html .shtml
    AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>


<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>

    BrowserMatch "Mozilla/2" nokeepalive
    BrowserMatch "MSIE 4\.0b2;" nokeepalive downgrade-1.0
force-response-1.0
    BrowserMatch "RealPlayer 4\.0" force-response-1.0
    BrowserMatch "Java/1\.0" force-response-1.0
    BrowserMatch "JDK/1\.0" force-response-1.0


    BrowserMatch "Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider"
redirect-carefully
    BrowserMatch "MS FrontPage" redirect-carefully
    BrowserMatch "^WebDrive" redirect-carefully
    BrowserMatch "^WebDAVFS/1.[012]" redirect-carefully
    BrowserMatch "^gnome-vfs/1.0" redirect-carefully
    BrowserMatch "^XML Spy" redirect-carefully
    BrowserMatch "^Dreamweaver-WebDAV-SCM1" redirect-carefully
</IfModule>


# Include the virtual host configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
* end *

Remark: It is a big file.  I deleted most comment out lines.

 

> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail
> > 
> > starts;
> > SquirrelMail
> > webmail
> > for
> > nuts
> > 
> > 
> > I can't login with root/users with accounts on Postfix
> > 
> 
> Never ever try logging in as root to POP3 or IMAP service. Use
> standard
> unprivileged account for testing.

OK, thanks.  I tried login with users on Postix, mail server, but still
failed.


Tried
username
use...@do...


Any suggestion?  Thanks


> > Error
> > Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.
> > 110 : Connection timed out
> > 
> > 
> > I'm running courier.  How to get the problem fixed?  TIA
> > 
> 
> Can you connect to your imap server with other email client or
> telnet?
> 
> ---
> telnet localhost 143
> ... you should see courier imap greeting here ...
> A01 logout
> ---


$ telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...

No greeting.  Would it be port 143 locked?


> Try solving your problem on IRC
> (http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/InternetRelayChat). Maybe some people
> can help
> you faster than messaging on mailing list. You have generic first
> time setup
> issues and these are solved faster in real time.

OK, I'll try.  Thanks



Stephen L


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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

>> > Performed following steps
>> >
>> > $ cd /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config
>> >
>> > $ su
>> > Password:
>> > # ./conf.pl
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>>
>> You have set data and attachment directories and domain name. Then
>> you
>> misconfigured your SquirrelMail setup by setting options that don't
>> fit your
>> courier-imap setup.
>>
>> Standard setup procedure is:
>> 1. select imap server in D command
>> 2. set domain
>> 3. set data and attachment directory
>> 4. change other things, if you know what they do or defaults don't
>> fit your
>> setup.
>
> Please advise how to cancel all previous entries before re-running
> ./conf.pl?

Delete /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config/config.php file.

>> > On Firefox
>> > http://localhost/squirrelmail
>> >
>> > Still hanging
>> > ???
>> >
>>
>> Please explain term "hanging" or check your logs. Web server crashes,
>> redirects browser to some unknown site or does something else?
>
>
> It hangs there for sometimes then popup;
> The connection has timed out
> The server at localhost is taking too long to respond.

Something is dropping connections to localhost or you have your networking
misconfigured.

>> Or show your apache2 configuration. All files, directories and
>> symbolic links stored in /etc/apache2 directory excluding SSL keys.
...
>
> Remark: It is a big file.  I deleted most comment out lines.

Or you could pack those files and post only link to them instead of
pasting files inline. Please note that archive should be recursive and
include symlinks. If you show me only apache2.conf, I don't know your real
configuration, because I don't know conf.d contents, enabled modules and
enabled sites.

I needed all config in order to make sure that you haven't broke your
apache configuration. But it looks like you have misconfigured localhost
network stuff or firewall.

>> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail
>> >
>> > starts;
>> > SquirrelMail
>> > webmail
>> > for
>> > nuts
>> >
>> >
>> > I can't login with root/users with accounts on Postfix
>> >
>>
>> Never ever try logging in as root to POP3 or IMAP service. Use
>> standard
>> unprivileged account for testing.
>
> OK, thanks.  I tried login with users on Postix, mail server, but still
> failed.

Do you have real and working email setup? Can you send and receive emails?
If you do, how are you reading received emails?

> Tried
> username
> use...@do...

Fix your networking stuff. Make sure that you get server greeting when you
telnet to imap port. If localhost fails, try using external mail server's
address. Use same username and password, that you are using to log into
your Ubuntu box or make sure that courier sees Postfix users. Please note
that you haven't provided any usable information about your email setup
and I have no idea about used authentication backends and other mail setup
details.



-- 
Tomas

Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

Hi Tomas,


It seems the iptables blocking the connection !!!


> >> Standard setup procedure is:
> >> 1. select imap server in D command
> >> 2. set domain
> >> 3. set data and attachment directory
> >> 4. change other things, if you know what they do or defaults don't
> >> fit your
> >> setup.
> >
> > Please advise how to cancel all previous entries before re-running
> > ./conf.pl?
> 
> Delete /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config/config.php file.


Noted and thanks.


> >> Please explain term "hanging" or check your logs. Web server
> crashes,
> >> redirects browser to some unknown site or does something else?
> >
> >
> > It hangs there for sometimes then popup;
> > The connection has timed out
> > The server at localhost is taking too long to respond.
> 
> Something is dropping connections to localhost or you have your
> networking
> misconfigured.


$ sudo iptables -F


$ telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THRE
AD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP
ready. Copyr
ight 1998-2005 Double Precision, Inc.  See COPYING for distribution
information.


On firefox;

http://localhost/squirrelmail

starts;
Squirrelmail

URL changes to;
http://localhost/squirrelmail/src/redirect.php


On login following warning popup;
ERROR
Error opening ../data/default_pref
Could not create initial preference file!
/var/local/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data
Please contact your system administrator and report this error.
* end *

$ ls -l /var/local/
total 0


Shall I create /var/local/squirrelmail/data
???

What will be their permission?


I'll come back latter on the remaining part of your email.  Thanks


B.R.
satimis


> >> Or show your apache2 configuration. All files, directories and
> >> symbolic links stored in /etc/apache2 directory excluding SSL
> keys.
> ...
> >
> > Remark: It is a big file.  I deleted most comment out lines.
> 
> Or you could pack those files and post only link to them instead of
> pasting files inline. Please note that archive should be recursive
> and
> include symlinks. If you show me only apache2.conf, I don't know your
> real
> configuration, because I don't know conf.d contents, enabled modules
> and
> enabled sites.
> 
> I needed all config in order to make sure that you haven't broke your
> apache configuration. But it looks like you have misconfigured
> localhost
> network stuff or firewall.
> 
> >> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail
> >> >
> >> > starts;
> >> > SquirrelMail
> >> > webmail
> >> > for
> >> > nuts
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I can't login with root/users with accounts on Postfix
> >> >
> >>
> >> Never ever try logging in as root to POP3 or IMAP service. Use
> >> standard
> >> unprivileged account for testing.
> >
> > OK, thanks.  I tried login with users on Postix, mail server, but
> still
> > failed.
> 
> Do you have real and working email setup? Can you send and receive
> emails?
> If you do, how are you reading received emails?
> 
> > Tried
> > username
> > use...@do...
> 
> Fix your networking stuff. Make sure that you get server greeting
> when you
> telnet to imap port. If localhost fails, try using external mail
> server's
> address. Use same username and password, that you are using to log
> into
> your Ubuntu box or make sure that courier sees Postfix users. Please
> note
> that you haven't provided any usable information about your email
> setup
> and I have no idea about used authentication backends and other mail
> setup
> details.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tomas
> 
> 
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

> It seems the iptables blocking the connection !!!
> 
>> >> Please explain term "hanging" or check your logs. Web server
>> crashes,
>> >> redirects browser to some unknown site or does something else?
>> >
>> >
>> > It hangs there for sometimes then popup;
>> > The connection has timed out
>> > The server at localhost is taking too long to respond.
>> 
>> Something is dropping connections to localhost or you have your
>> networking misconfigured.
> 
> 
> $ sudo iptables -F
> 
> 
> $ telnet localhost 143
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THRE
> AD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP
> ready. Copyr
> ight 1998-2005 Double Precision, Inc.  See COPYING for distribution
> information.
> 
> 
> On firefox;
> 
> http://localhost/squirrelmail
> 
> starts;
> Squirrelmail
> 
> URL changes to;
> http://localhost/squirrelmail/src/redirect.php
> 
> 
> On login following warning popup;
> ERROR
> Error opening ../data/default_pref
> Could not create initial preference file!
> /var/local/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data
> Please contact your system administrator and report this error.
> * end *
> 
> $ ls -l /var/local/
> total 0
> 
> 
> Shall I create /var/local/squirrelmail/data
> ???
> 
> What will be their permission?
> 

Directory must be writable by web server.

If you are not using PHP safe_mode, it should be owned by www-data, group =
www-data, permissions = 0750. If you are using PHP safe_mode, directory
should be owned by same user that owns other SquirrelMail scripts, group =
www-data, permissions 0770

mkdir /var/local/squirrelmail/data
chown www-data:www-data /var/local/squirrelmail/data
chmod 0750 /var/local/squirrelmail/data

same thing applies to attachment directory.

-- 
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

Hi Tomas,


Problem solved.  Squirrelmail is now working.


- snip -
 
> > $ ls -l /var/local/
> > total 0
> > 
> > 
> > Shall I create /var/local/squirrelmail/data
> > ???
> > 
> > What will be their permission?
> > 
> 
> Directory must be writable by web server.
> 
> If you are not using PHP safe_mode, it should be owned by www-data,
> group =
> www-data, permissions = 0750. If you are using PHP safe_mode,
> directory
> should be owned by same user that owns other SquirrelMail scripts,
> group =
> www-data, permissions 0770
> 
> mkdir /var/local/squirrelmail/data
> chown www-data:www-data /var/local/squirrelmail/data
> chmod 0750 /var/local/squirrelmail/data
> 
> same thing applies to attachment directory.


Re-ran ./conf.pl


$ cd /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config
$ su
Password
# mv config.php config.php.bak

# ./conf.pl 
Main Menu --
1.  Organization Preferences
2.  Server Settings
3.  Folder Defaults
4.  General Options
5.  Themes
6.  Address Books
7.  Message of the Day (MOTD)
8.  Plugins
9.  Database
10. Languages

D.  Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

C   Turn color on
S   Save data
Q   Quit


Command >> D [Enter]

Command >> courier [Enter]

              imap_server_type = courier
         default_folder_prefix = INBOX.
                  trash_folder = Trash
                   sent_folder = Sent
                  draft_folder = Drafts
            show_prefix_option = false
          default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
            optional_delimiter = .
                 delete_folder = true

Press any key to continue...


Command >> 2 [Enter]
Server Settings

General
-------
1.  Domain                 : example.com
2.  Invert Time            : false
3.  Sendmail or SMTP       : SMTP

A.  Update IMAP Settings   : localhost:143 (courier)
B.  Update SMTP Settings   : localhost:25


Command >> 1 [Enter]

[example.com]: domain.com [Enter]


Command >> 4 [Enter]

General Options
1.  Data Directory              : /var/local/squirrelmail/data/
2.  Attachment Directory        : /var/local/squirrelmail/attach/
3.  Directory Hash Level        : 0
4.  Default Left Size           : 150
5.  Usernames in Lowercase      : false
6.  Allow use of priority       : true
7.  Hide SM attributions        : false
8.  Allow use of receipts       : true
9.  Allow editing of identity   : true
    Allow editing of name       : true
    Remove username from header : false
10. Allow server thread sort    : false
11. Allow server-side sorting   : false
12. Allow server charset search : true
13. Enable UID support          : true
14. PHP session name            : SQMSESSID
15. Location base               : 


I also retain "Attachment Directory" default


Command >> R [Enter]


Command >> S [Enter]

Data saved in config.php
Press enter to continue...

Command >> Q


Exiting conf.pl.
You might want to test your configuration by browsing to
http://your-squirrelmail-location/src/configtest.php
Happy SquirrelMailing!


# mkdir -p /var/local/squirrelmail/data
# chown www-data:www-data -c /var/local/squirrelmail/data
changed ownership of `/var/local/squirrelmail/data' to
www-data:www-data

# chmod 0750 -c /var/local/squirrelmail/data
mode of `/var/local/squirrelmail/data' changed to 0750 (rwxr-x---)


# mkdir /var/local/squirrelmail/attach
# chown www-data:www-data -c /var/local/squirrelmail/attach
changed ownership of `/var/local/squirrelmail/attach' to
www-data:www-data

# chmod 0750 -c /var/local/squirrelmail/attach
mode of `/var/local/squirrelmail/attach' changed to 0750 (rwxr-x---)


On Firefox
https://localhost/squirrelmail/

starts SquirrelMail


login as user
starts "Current Folder: Inbox" page


Sent a test mail including cc and bcc to users on Mail Server.  All of
them received.  


Thanks for your assistance.


A further question, is it possible evoking SquirrelMail with
"https://domain.com/mail" to shorten typing input?  If YES, then how to
do it?  TIA


B.R.
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

satimis wrote:
> 
> A further question, is it possible evoking SquirrelMail with
> "https://domain.com/mail" to shorten typing input?  If YES, then how to
> do it?  TIA
> 

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias

Alias /mail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Alan in T. <Ala...@fi...>]

On Wed, December 5, 2007 6:39 am, Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
>
>
> satimis wrote:
>>
>> A further question, is it possible evoking SquirrelMail with
>> "https://domain.com/mail" to shorten typing input?  If YES, then how to
>> do it?  TIA
>>
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias
>
> Alias /mail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www

A simpler method is simply to rename the directory that contains SquirrelMail.
That's what I do.

Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Alan in Toronto <Ala...@fi...> wrote:

> On Wed, December 5, 2007 6:39 am, Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
> >
> >
> > satimis wrote:
> >>
> >> A further question, is it possible evoking SquirrelMail with
> >> "https://domain.com/mail" to shorten typing input?  If YES, then
> how to
> >> do it?  TIA
> >>
> >
> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias
> >
> > Alias /mail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
> 
> A simpler method is simply to rename the directory that contains
> SquirrelMail.
> That's what I do.

Hi Alan,


Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64


$ sudo find / -name squirrelmail -type d
/usr/local/squirrelmail
/var/local/squirrelmail
/etc/squirrelmail


$ ls -l /usr/local/squirrelmail/
total 12
drwx-wx---  2 root nogroup 4096 2007-12-03 23:49 data
drwx-wx---  2 root nogroup 4096 2007-12-03 23:49 temp
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root    4096 2007-11-23 11:55 www


Whether run;

$ sudo mv /usr/local/squirrelmail /usr/local/mail
???


TIA


B.R.
Stephen L



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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

satimis wrote:
> 
>> >> A further question, is it possible evoking SquirrelMail with
>> >> "https://domain.com/mail" to shorten typing input?  If YES, then
>> how to
>> >> do it?  TIA
>> >>
>> >
>> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#alias
>> >
>> > Alias /mail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
>> 
>> A simpler method is simply to rename the directory that contains
>> SquirrelMail.
>> That's what I do.
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> 
> Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64
> 
> 
> $ sudo find / -name squirrelmail -type d
> /usr/local/squirrelmail
> /var/local/squirrelmail
> /etc/squirrelmail
> 
> 
> $ ls -l /usr/local/squirrelmail/
> total 12
> drwx-wx---  2 root nogroup 4096 2007-12-03 23:49 data
> drwx-wx---  2 root nogroup 4096 2007-12-03 23:49 temp
> drwxr-xr-x 16 root root    4096 2007-11-23 11:55 www
> 
> 
> Whether run;
> 
> $ sudo mv /usr/local/squirrelmail /usr/local/mail
> ???
> 
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> B.R.
> Stephen L
> 
> 

Alan missed the fact that your SquirrelMail installation is not stored in
web document root. Set alias or move it to your document root.

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:


> Alan missed the fact that your SquirrelMail installation is not
> stored in
> web document root. Set alias or move it to your document root.


Hi Tomas,


I don't have alias and unalias here.


$ which Alias
$ which alias
both having no printout


Nor can I find it on Ubuntu repo

$ apt-cache policy alias
alias:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:


Please advise which package provides this Unix command.   TIA


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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Wm M. <mus...@cs...>]

On Wed, December 5, 2007 17:15, Stephen Liu wrote:
> --- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:
>
>
>> Alan missed the fact that your SquirrelMail installation is not
>> stored in
>> web document root. Set alias or move it to your document root.
>
>
> Hi Tomas,
>
>
> I don't have alias and unalias here.
>
>
> $ which Alias
> $ which alias
> both having no printout
>
>
> Nor can I find it on Ubuntu repo
>
> $ apt-cache policy alias
> alias:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: (none)
>   Version table:
>
>
> Please advise which package provides this Unix command.   TIA
>
>
> Stephen L
Its part of apache setup not a separate package.
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

>> Alan missed the fact that your SquirrelMail installation is not
>> stored in
>> web document root. Set alias or move it to your document root.
> 
> 
> Hi Tomas,
> 
> 
> I don't have alias and unalias here.
> 
> 
> $ which Alias
> $ which alias
> both having no printout
> 
> 
> Nor can I find it on Ubuntu repo
> 
> $ apt-cache policy alias
> alias:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: (none)
>   Version table:
> 
> 
> Please advise which package provides this Unix command.   TIA
> 
> 

Alias is Apache configuration option. I have provided link to
httpd.apache.org site twice on this thread. You already use it in some
/etc/apache2/conf.d/ configuration file.

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:
 
> > Please advise which package provides this Unix command.   TIA
> > 
> Alias is Apache configuration option. I have provided link to
> httpd.apache.org site twice on this thread. You already use it in
> some
> /etc/apache2/conf.d/ configuration file.


Oh, sorry.  I thought it was a command line.


Performed following steps:-


$ sudo cp -p /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.bak.20071206


$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

adding following lines on the file;
Alias /mail /usr/local/squirrelmail/www
<Directory /usr/local/swuirrelmail/www>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>


Remark:  It was an empty file?


$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Forcing reload of web server (apache2)...                           
 [ OK ] 


On Firefox
https://localhost/mail

Started Squirrel Webmail.



https://domain.com/mail

Following warning popup;
Security
security Error: Domain Name Mismatch
You have attempted to establish a connection with
"www.domain.com".  However, the security certificate
presented belongs to "localhost".  It is possible though
unlikely, that someone may be trying to intercept your
communication with this website.


If you suspect the certicate shown does not belong to
"www.domain.com". please cancel the connection and notify
the site administrator.

[Vies Certificate]     [Cancel]  [OK]
* end *


Clicking [OK] starts Squirrel webmail.


How to fix the problem on the warning?  TIA


B.R.
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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Tomas K. <to...@us...>]

> https://domain.com/mail
> 
> Following warning popup;
> Security
> security Error: Domain Name Mismatch
> You have attempted to establish a connection with
> "www.domain.com".  However, the security certificate
> presented belongs to "localhost".  It is possible though
> unlikely, that someone may be trying to intercept your
> communication with this website.
> 
> 
> If you suspect the certicate shown does not belong to
> "www.domain.com". please cancel the connection and notify
> the site administrator.
> ...
> 
> How to fix the problem on the warning?  TIA
> 

Get signed SSL certificate.

See http://www.cacert.org/ and
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?ci=9173

Or generate self signed sertificate with correct domain name instead of
'localhost'. If you use self signed certificates, browsers still show
warning box. If you use cacert certificates, you will have to install cacert
certificate authority certificate in order to get rid of warning box. If you
use commercial certificates, warning box is displayed only when certificate
expires.

Please note that you are asking generic web server setup questions on
SquirrelMail support forum and that warning box does not break your already
working SquirrelMail setup.

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Roland F. <rol...@fr...>]

>> Following warning popup;
>> ...
>> How to fix the problem on the warning?  TIA
>>
>
> Get signed SSL certificate.
> ....
> Please note that you are asking generic web server setup questions on
> SquirrelMail support forum and that warning box does not break your
> already
> working SquirrelMail setup.

I was already wondering if i got subscribed to the "help me my server
suddenly has linux installed and I don't know anything about it" mailing
list or even the "how to install a server without reading any
documentation" mailing list ;)


Greets
Roland.

Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Stephen L. <sa...@ya...>]

--- Tomas Kuliavas <to...@us...> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> > https://domain.com/mail
> > 
> > Following warning popup;
> > Security
> > security Error: Domain Name Mismatch
> > You have attempted to establish a connection with
> > "www.domain.com".  However, the security certificate
> > presented belongs to "localhost".  It is possible though
> > unlikely, that someone may be trying to intercept your
> > communication with this website.
> > 
> > 
> > If you suspect the certicate shown does not belong to
> > "www.domain.com". please cancel the connection and notify
> > the site administrator.
> > ...
> > 
> > How to fix the problem on the warning?  TIA
> > 
> 
> Get signed SSL certificate.
> 
> See http://www.cacert.org/ and
> https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?ci=9173
> 
> Or generate self signed sertificate with correct domain name instead
> of
> 'localhost'. If you use self signed certificates, browsers still show
> warning box. If you use cacert certificates, you will have to install
> cacert
> certificate authority certificate in order to get rid of warning box.
> If you
> use commercial certificates, warning box is displayed only when
> certificate
> expires.
> 
> Please note that you are asking generic web server setup questions on
> SquirrelMail support forum and that warning box does not break your
> already
> working SquirrelMail setup.


Noted and thanks


B.R.
Stephen L

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Re: [SM-USERS] squirrelmail fails to start (SOLVED)

[Helmut H. <Hu...@t-...>]

Hallo, Stephen,

Du (satimis) meintest am 06.12.07:

> I don't have alias and unalias here.


> $ which Alias
> $ which alias
> both having no printout


Just try (in the bash shell)

        help alias

It's a built in command (outside of the "apache" world).
And apache's "alias" works in another way than bash's "alias".

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut