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+ It is highly advised to NOT turn on register_globals, as this can lead
+ to security holes. If you must use register_globals for some applications,
+ turn it on locally for only those directories, or turn it off for the
+ SquirrelMail folder.
If you want your users to attach files to their mails, make sure
File Uploads in php.ini is set to On.
running as the user "nobody" and group "nobody" you can fix this by
running:
- $ chown -R nobody:nobody /path/to/your/datadir
+ $ chown -R nobody:nobody /var/local/squirrelmail/data
Keep in mind that with different installations, the web server could
typically run as userid/groupid of nobody/nobody, nobody/nogroup,
before they are sent. Since personal mail is stored in this
directory you might want to be a bit careful about how you set it
up. It should be owned by another user than the webserver is running
- as (root might be a good choice) and the webserver should have write
- and execute permissions on the directory, but should not have read
+ as (root might be a good choice) and the webserver should have directory
+ write and execute permissions, but should not have read
permissions. You could do this by running these commands (still
- granted that the webserver is running as nobody/nobody)
+ granted that the webserver is running as nobody/nobody):
- $ cd /var/some/place
- $ mkdir SomeDirectory
- $ chgrp -R nobody SomeDirectory
- $ chmod 730 SomeDirectory
+ $ cd /var/local/squirrelmail/
+ $ mkdir attach
+ $ chgrp -R nobody attach
+ $ chmod 730 attach
- If you trust all the users on you system not to read mail they are
+ If you trust all the users at your system not to read mail they are
not supposed to read, you can simply use /tmp as you attachments
directory.
After you've created a configuration, you can use your webbrowser to
browse to http://your-squirrelmail-location/src/configtest.php.
- This will perform some basic checks on your config to make sure
+ This will perform some basic checks on your configuration to make sure
everything works like it should.
configuration files are optional. See README files in plugin directories.
* squirrelspell
configuration is stored in plugins/squirrelspell/sqspell_config.php
- Default configuration might not work on your server.
+ The default configuration might not work at your server.
* administrator
plugin must be setup correctly in order to detect administrative user.
See plugins/administrator/INSTALL