X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=squirrelmail.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=06af96421fa46c57b454c42eb6c2d6c6d5746ead;hp=38605af84de6d5b8fda7577018ab3a09fbb8b5f5;hb=a167feaff3eeb532001985d30c7eeaaca4539658;hpb=9c83f905fef00de60528b7efcfc4dd3b7c4fa4ee diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 38605af8..06af9642 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -36,19 +36,16 @@ b. Changing php.ini can be done at configure time with the configuration directive --with-config-file-path=PATH. - Squirrelmail does not use cookies as of version 0.4. Edit the - php.ini file and change session.use_cookies to 0 (false). Also 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 + Edit the php.ini file and make sure session.use_cookies is 1. Also + 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. - SECURITY WARNING - SquirrelMail saves non plaintext passwords in - PHP's session data to log on to the IMAP server. If a user has - access to write PHP scripts on your system and knows the location - where PHP stores session data, he could get a listing of the - sessions being used and then read a given 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. + SECURITY WARNING - If a user has access to write PHP scripts on your + system and knows the location where PHP stores session data, he + could get a listing of the sessions being used and then read a given + 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. c. Setting up .php files to use PHP4