How to Login to SquirrelMail-need username-password

[Al1937]

How do I setup my username and password to login to Squirrelmail.
Please give details. I am a TOTAL linux newbe.

[falko]

What tutorial did you follow to set up your mail server?

[Al1937]

Perfect Server Ubuntu 9.04 ISPconfig3.

I just about gave up on getting an answer, I have spent many hours googling for an answer. It seems I am the only one in the world with this question.

I was just going to post the following in a new thread. Might as well post it here.


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I am currently installing
Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 9.04)
[It's noted for ISPconfig2, I am trying this on Ubuntu 9.04 for ISPConfig3 installation( first three pages)]
using PuTTy on one of my network computers.



Running netstat -tap
One of the listings is:

tcp 0 148 www.bingftp.com:ssh 192.168.1.3:distcc ESTABLISHED 2273/sshd: albert [

The IP 192.168.1.3 is the IP address of the computer I have PuTTy installed.
Is this listing correct?
My servers IP address is 192.168.1.100

I have double checked /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/hosts. They are correct.
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[falko]

In such a virtual user setup, the SquirrelMail username is the email address.

[Al1937]

That's the reason I am trying to install a virtual system, I know what the username is going to be.

I would still like to know what the Squirrelmail username and password is for a "real" system. I am guessing the username may be "root" but using that for my username and my root password does not work.
Oh well, on with my virtual installation-- I only hope it will work with ISPConfig3.

[falko]

What do you mean with "real" system?

[Al1937]

The advantage of such a "virtual" setup (virtual users and domains in a MySQL database) is that it is far more performant than a setup that is based on "real" system users.

This is a quote from your own
Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 9.04)

Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>

[falko]

Oh, you mean system users. System users must log in with their username, not their email address.

[gawehner]

I am also trying to set up Squirrelmail using the same Perfect Server How-to. I am the admin and only user on the server. Would my username be user@server1.example.com? If so what would the password be? Is there anyway to change this on the back-end, such as in Mysql? What database/table is this stored in? This is my first attempt at setting up a mail system, so I'm not familiar with the ins and outs at all. I can provide any info you would need to respond. Thank you!

Greg

[falko]

If you've used the same tutorial, please install ISPConfig 3 on the server and configure your email accounts through ISPConfig 3.

If you want to create your email accounts manually, please use this tutorial instead: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-domains-postfix-courier-mysql-squirrelmail-ubuntu9.04