mydomain.com/roundcube isn't working

[snowweb]

My first domain created works fine when I visit http://mydomain.com/roundcube but domains created since then won't go to roundcube.

The problem is that I can't figure out how come the first domain works, since there is no obvious reason why it should, therefore I can't figure out how to make the later domains work like it.

Please can someone give me some pointers?

Thanks.

Peter

[8omas]

How did you set up roundcube? Did you use your package system or did you install it manually?

[snowweb]

Honestly, I can't remember now. It was a few months back, but I suspect that I just followed whatever ISPConfig advised as the easiest route, which I guess was the package manager.

[snowweb]

Does anyone know the answer to this please?

Thanks.

[till]

Roundcube should always be installed into its own website. So to install roundcube, create a new website for the subdomain roundcube.yourdomain.tld and then install roundcube into that website. If you used a different setup, I recommend that you change it in this way.

[8omas]

Originally Posted by till

Roundcube should always be installed into its own website. So to install roundcube, create a new website for the subdomain roundcube.yourdomain.tld and then install roundcube into that website. If you used a different setup, I recommend that you change it in this way.

Why is that?
I have installed roundcube, in /var/www/roundcube and everything is working all right. Every domain has a http://domain.com/webmail and everything seems ok. Every user has to login with hismailbox@hisdomain.com and he can do this from http://www.hisdomain.com/webmail

I have looked around and everybody suggests to install roundcube in it's own domain. Am I missing something? Is there any problem with such an installation? A bug may? Security Issue????

[snowweb]

Hmm... what a nightmare! Not really the answer I was looking for. One might be forgiven for expecting the package manager to know how to install it, don't you think?

I'll read up on how to perform a manual install and try and do it, without it breaking three other things (as seems so often be the case with Linux).

Thanks for your help.

[snowweb]

There seems to be as many different ways to install Roundcube as there are servers. Is this the method that ISPConfig supports please?

http://www.howtoforge.com/roundcube_webmail_ispconfig

The above link mentions using the 'ISPConfig Update Manager', but I can't see anyway to make it do it, so if you guys thing the manual install detailed in the link above is the way to go, I'll give it a try.

Thanks.

[snowweb]

In reviewing the method I proposed earlier (), I notice that it says,

Step 1 - Create a website:

In ISPConfig, create a website via “New site” in the main menu.
On the tab called “Basis” use webmail for the hostname and myhostingcompany.tld for the domain name. Enable MySQL and PHP scripts for this website but disable PHP Safe Mode. RoundCube makes use of .htaccess files. To allow these files within your website, add the following lines within the Apache directive field of your website:

Even from this very first step, unfortunately this tutorial cannot be followed, because I imagine that it means go to 'Sites' > 'Add New Website', then click the tab called 'Basis', but I don't have any tab called 'Basis' or anything remotely similar.

Is there a method/guide which ISPConfig endorses and is accepted by most as been 'acceptable'? If so, please can you point me to it?

Thanks for your patience.

[snowweb]

Sorry about the multiple posts.

I just found this guide which appears to be followable but it looks like it will put install Roundcube into /usr/share, which is where it was before I just removed it and not into /var/www/roundcube

Till says:

Roundcube should always be installed into its own website. So to install roundcube, create a new website for the subdomain roundcube.yourdomain.tld and then install roundcube into that website. If you used a different setup, I recommend that you change it in this way.

So I guess that this guide will just put me back where I started!