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[falko]

Please try mod_php instead of FastCGI.

[micko_escalade]

I've tried mod_php instead of FastCGI and its the same thing.

[danstinebaugh]

Agreed, I've switched the site to mod-php and it's still just sending me the file.

If you would like a site for reference, one of the site's I'm having issues with is http://drinkingironchef.com/webmail

[micko_escalade]

Actually after I've tried it from a work computer it was opening login page. So enabling mod_php helped!! I've clicked on your link and it shows login page. You might want to clear your browser's cache.

After I enter info and hit login I get this error

SquirrelMail version 1.4.21
By the SquirrelMail Project Team
ERROR
Error opening ../config/default_pref
Could not create initial preference file!

/var/lib/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data

Please contact your system administrator and report this error.

[danstinebaugh]

strange I'm also recieving this message and it should be writable here's the ls output

daniel@webserver:/var/lib/squirrelmail$ ls -hal
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     4.0K Feb  8 16:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 48 root root     4.0K Feb  8 16:20 ..
drwx-wx---  2 root www-data 4.0K Feb 10 16:57 data

[micko_escalade]

Here's my output, if it matters:

root@linux:/var/lib/squirrelmail# ls -hal
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Feb 8 21:32 .
drwxr-xr-x 48 root root 4.0K Feb 8 21:32 ..
drwx-wx--- 2 root www-data 4.0K Jul 31 2010 data
root@linux:/var/lib/squirrelmail#

[falko]

Can you try

chown www-data /var/lib/squirrelmail/data

?

[danstinebaugh]

Still does the same thing.

Error opening ../config/default_pref
Could not create initial preference file!
/var/lib/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data
Please contact your system administrator and report this error.

Also I'd just like to say thanks to all trying to help I appreciate it a bunch!

[micko_escalade]

Originally Posted by falko

Can you try

chown www-data /var/lib/squirrelmail/data

?

I can also confirm that it gives me same error.

root@linux:~# chown www-data /var/lib/squirrelmail/data
root@linux:~#

SquirrelMail version 1.4.21
By the SquirrelMail Project Team
ERROR
Error opening ../config/default_pref
Could not create initial preference file!
/var/lib/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data
Please contact your system administrator and report this error.
Go to the login page

root@linux:/var/lib/squirrelmail/data# ls -ld /var/lib/squirrelmail/data
drwx-wx--- 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jul 31 2010 /var/lib/squirrelmail/data
root@linux:/var/lib/squirrelmail/data#

[falko]

Please try

chmod 731 /var/lib/squirrelmail/data