From: jervfors Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:52:05 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Updating examples for setting up directories X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=squirrelmail.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e71e5745a1b04da6fc82b034b68fbd7a74d7a63c;ds=sidebyside Updating examples for setting up directories git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/squirrelmail/code/trunk/squirrelmail@10965 7612ce4b-ef26-0410-bec9-ea0150e637f0 --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index d7d1457c..921107f6 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ b. Setting up directories 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, @@ -128,17 +128,17 @@ b. Setting up directories 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. @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ c. Setting up SquirrelMail 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. @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ c. Setting up SquirrelMail 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