NOTE: The new plugin architecture required the use of some functions
which are not in all versions of PHP4. You will need at least
- PHP4 beta2. If you need to upgrade please go ahead and install the
+ PHP4 v4.0.2. If you need to upgrade please go ahead and install the
latest release version of PHP4.
a. Obtaining and compiling PHP4
be sure to change the session.save_path to someplace that can only
be read and written to by the webserver. session.save_path is the
location that PHP's session data will be written to.
+
+ Squirrelmail 1.2.x also requires register_globals to be enabled.
SECURITY WARNING - If a user has access to write PHP scripts on your
system and knows the location where PHP stores session data, he
session's data with his own PHP script. Caution should be used when
setting up permissions and locations of php.ini and the session data.
+ FILE UPLOADS - Note that sending messages will not work if your
+ "file_uploads" setting is "Off". Squirrelmail requires that setting
+ enabled in order to work.
+
c. Setting up .php files to use PHP4
You need to create a .htaccess file in you SquirrelMail directory
$ chgrp -R nobody data
Keep in mind that with different installations, the web server could
- typically run as userid/groupid of apache/apache or www-data/www-data.
- The best way to find out is to read the web server's configuration file.
+ typically run as userid/groupid of nobody/nobody, nobody/nogroup,
+ apache/apache or www-data/www-data. The best way to find out is to read
+ the web server's configuration file.
There also needs to be a directory where attachments are stored
before they are sent. Since personal mail is stored in this
possible example of this is:
http://www.yourdomain.com/squirrelmail
- It should be pretty stright forward to use. Some more documentation
+ It should be pretty straight forward to use. Some more documentation
might show up one day or another.