[SOLVED] Defalt Login Credentials for SquirrelMail

vikas027 · 09-09-2010, 05:37 PM

Dear All,

I have configured SquirrelMail on my RHEL 5.4 machine for learning purpose and I am stucked at the final step.

I am following this doc.

After configuring, I have browsed to http://server.red.com/squirrelmail
Here, server.red.com is the hostname of my server.

This page is asking Name and Password from me, but I haven't given any credentials while configuring it.

Are there any default credentials ?
Or may be I need to change my config files or something ?

Please help. Thanks in advance.

gilead · 09-09-2010, 09:36 PM

The username and password it is looking for are the mail account credentials. Do you have a mail account on the server?

vikas027 · 09-10-2010, 05:08 AM

I already have a sendmail daemon running.

Code:

[root@server ~]# ps -aef | grep sendmail
root      3953     1  0 15:31 ?        00:00:00 sendmail: accepting connections
smmsp     3961     1  0 15:31 ?        00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue

But still I am unable to login through their normal unix accounts. I am getting the below error.

Code:

ERROR
Unknown user or password incorrect.

gilead · 09-10-2010, 01:44 PM

I'm assuming these aren't virtual accounts. What happens when you try to login to the Linux box using a console? Are the credentials OK?

vikas027 · 09-11-2010, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilead

I'm assuming these aren't virtual accounts. What happens when you try to login to the Linux box using a console? Are the credentials OK?

These are normal system accounts only and I am able to send/receive mails through mail (using sendmail) command. Also, I am able to login also through console.

gilead · 09-11-2010, 02:16 PM

Have you also checked your IMAP server logs? For example in /var/log/secure and /var/log/maillog I get the following entries when I log in to my IMAP server:

Code:

/var/log/secure:
Sep 12 02:20:44 fender imapd[25588]: connect from 192.168.1.126 (192.168.1.126)

/var/log/maillog:
Sep 12 02:20:44 fender imapd[25588]: imaps SSL service init from 192.168.1.126
Sep 12 02:20:44 fender imapd[25588]: Login user=steve host=xxx.xxxx.com.au [192.168.1.126]

vikas027 · 09-12-2010, 02:21 AM

Thanks for the suggestion Steve.

I am getting below messages in /var/log/messages

Code:

Sep 12 12:45:45 server xinetd[3862]: START: imap pid=4514 from=192.168.1.204
Sep 12 12:45:45 server imapd[4514]: Login failed user=vikas auth=vikas host=server.red.com [192.168.1.204]
Sep 12 12:45:48 server xinetd[3862]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=4514 duration=3(sec)

and this in /var/log/maillog

Code:

Sep 12 12:48:24 server imapd[4584]: imap service init from 192.168.1.204
Sep 12 12:48:27 server imapd[4584]: Logout user=vikas host=server.red.com [192.168.1.204]

Here, vikas is the username from which I am trying to login.

I think there is some problem with the IMAP server because I can not even login with the below command through mutt.

Code:

mutt -f imap://192.168.1.204

This gives me "Login Failed" error.

I will try a different IMAP server, dovecot and then place the results here.

vikas027 · 09-12-2010, 03:15 AM

Yes, indeed there was a problem with IMAP server (UW-IMAP).
Dovecot is working fine.

Now, all users other than root are able to login through this mutt command -

Code:

mutt -f imap://192.168.1.204

Now, there is another problem. While logging through root I am getting this error
ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.

And, when I login through some other user (other than root), I am this error.
Error opening ../data/default_pref
Could not create initial preference file!
/usr/local/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user daemon
Please contact your system administrator and report this error.

Any suggestions ?

I tried looking for some option in /etc/dovecot.conf which allows root user, but could not find any.

bathory · 09-12-2010, 03:55 AM

Quote:

/usr/local/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user daemon

The above directory must be writable by the user running the webserver (daemon), so you can run:

Code:

chown -R daemon /usr/local/squirrelmail/data

Regarding the root mail problem, I think it's because root does not have IMAP mail by default

Regards

vikas027 · 09-12-2010, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

The above directory must be writable by the user running the webserver (daemon), so you can run:

Code:

chown -R daemon /usr/local/squirrelmail/data

Regarding the root mail problem, I think it's because root does not have IMAP mail by default

Regards

Thanks Bathory, I have sorted out this problem by the below command.

Code:

chmod -R 777 /usr/local/squirrelmail/data

This might be not the best method, but still it works for me

And yes I googled out this too that root cannot use IMAP.

Now, I have another small problem.

I can receive mails very well. But, can not send mails through SquirrelMail web browser. I am getting this error

Code:

Connection refused
111 Can't open SMTP stream

Although, I can send mails using mutt -f imap://192.168.1.204

Also, I could not find any corresponding logs for this in /var/log/messages or /var/log/maillog

bathory · 09-12-2010, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Thanks Bathory, I have sorted out this problem by the below command.
Code:

chmod -R 777 /usr/local/squirrelmail/data

This might be not the best method, but still it works for me

It's not good to give read-write-execute attributes to everyone. Undo it and use the chown command above, to allow only daemon to write in that directory.

Quote:

Connection refused
111 Can't open SMTP stream

I guess you have misconfigured the smtp server. Run ./config.pl and review the smtp settings.

Regards

vikas027 · 09-12-2010, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

It's not good to give read-write-execute attributes to everyone. Undo it and use the chown command above, to allow only daemon to write in that directory.

I guess you have misconfigured the smtp server. Run ./config.pl and review the smtp settings.

Regards

Thanks a ton mate !

I am happy man now.

I did this
# cd /usr/local/squirrelmail/www; ./configure
and then in
Under "2. Server Settings", selected option 3 and chose sendmail.

Now, I believe I can use full functionality of Squirrelmail (I have tried few) except attachments.

For some reasons, on adding an attachment, I am getting this error

Code:

Could not move/copy file. File not attached

bathory · 09-12-2010, 12:44 PM

Hi,

The directory that the attachments are stored temporarily must be at least group writable by the group that the webserver user belongs.
To find or set that directory, run ./configure, select 4 and then 2

Cheers

vikas027 · 09-13-2010, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Hi,

The directory that the attachments are stored temporarily must be at least group writable by the group that the webserver user belongs.
To find or set that directory, run ./configure, select 4 and then 2

Cheers

Thanks Bathory, I will check it and get back to you.

vikas027 · 09-13-2010, 11:05 AM

Dear Bathory / Steve,

I have finally made everything working on it.

For the attachment problem, permissions were not set right for this folder /usr/local/squirrelmail/temp
I got this hint from browsing http://192.168.1.204/squirrelmail/src/configtest.php

This link is quite important to check after configuration of squirrelmail.

Everything is in place now. Yippeeee

Many thanks to you people for your time, effort and patience.