squirrelmail permission denied error

Pooh · 08-12-2007, 05:42 AM

Hi,

I am running a postfix mail server, and have installed squirrelmail.

It works well and users can login, read and reply to e-mail.

However there is error that comes up on the left hand side that states : ERROR:Could not complete request.Query: Create "Inbox.Sent" Reason givven: Permission Denied.

I found a solution on the squirrelmail site http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/PermissionDenied

But I have no idea of how to apply it???

Thanks.

reddazz · 08-12-2007, 05:52 AM

Are you using an RHEL/CentOS or Fedora server? If so, try entering the commands suggested in the link you provided. Just login to a terminal as root and enter

Code:

/usr/sbin/setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1

Pooh · 08-12-2007, 06:00 AM

I have run this command, but nothing changed. I still have the error.

I am running SuSe

reddazz · 08-12-2007, 06:21 AM

Ahh, SUSE does not use Selinux by default, so your problem is not Selinux related. Have you looked into the other two possible solutions? What imap server are you using? Some of the possible solutions to your problem suggesting using dovecot.

Pooh · 08-12-2007, 06:49 AM

The mail server is Postfix. I assume that it handles the IMAP function aswell.

Squirrelmail and postfix was setup by someone else on my server. Unfortunately I am still very challenged when it comes to Linux configs. So I apologise if this seems easy, but I have no idea where to start.

In the article I found they state the following:

Second, you might have misconfigured SquirrelMail. If you use config/conf.pl set your IMAP server with D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers in the main menu. Make sure that the delimiter (2. Server Settings/A. Update IMAP Settings/9. Delimiter) and the folder prefix (3. Folder Defaults/1. Default Folder Prefix) are the right ones for your system. If you edit config/config.php directly, check the [presets list] to find useful settings for your server.

where would I find the file /config/conf.pl?

reddazz · 08-12-2007, 07:32 AM

Postifix would be the MTA and not the IMAP server. IMAP servers are the likes of dovecot, courier imap etc. The best solution in my opinion would be to contact whoever setup the mail programs on your server and let them know of the problem. Its difficult to get a correct responses if you do not know details of how things were setup. The solution in the link you gave seems to apply to someone who manually setup squirrelmail using the official squirrelmail packages. The solution may not apply to you if the person who installed squirrelmail used SUSE packages.