Hello,

I have installed postfix/dovecot/squirrelmail following a tutorial here: http://linuxadminatoz.blogspot.co.uk...h-postfix.html

Using webmin I can send and receive mail from my system users so I guess the postfix and dovecot configurations are correct, however when I try to access squirrelmail I get "Unknown user or password incorrect."

Also when I try to access mysite.com/squirrelmail/src/configtest.php I get:

You don't have permission to access /squirrelmail/src/configtest.php on this server.

The mail log gives this error:

Sep 10 06:50:47 debian-squeeze-base dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(cliff,127.0.0.1): pam_start() failed: Critical error - immediate abort
Sep 10 06:50:54 debian-squeeze-base dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<cliff>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured

I'm guessing it's a permissions issue, attached are the current settings for POP / IMAP mail server, does this look correct to you guys?

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Hi,

Have you tried to switch off SElinux?
That could cause the "You don't have permission to access /squirrelmail/src/configtest.php on this server." trouble.

Disable SElinux and reboot the system and check to see if it works.

Laz

Hi,

Don't see SElinux as a running process, yikes!

Hi,

SElinux is not a running process, so you wont find it as a service.
It's rather a security system that provides access control security for the whole box.

You can disable it in the /etc/selinux/config file. (CentOS/RedHat/Fedora)
Then reboot the system to check the squirelmail if it's working or not.

Laz

AHA, seems after checking the various error logs that apache is not correctly configured as all requests are sent to /var/www so squirrelmail.conf never gets called! So the question now is how to change the apache config?