Error on Neomail (webmail)

Finlay · 05-28-2003, 02:51 PM

After my upgrade to Slack 9 i get this error when trying to open Neomail.

Can't locate neomail.conf in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /var/neomail) at /var/www/cgi-bin/neomail.pl line 37

david_ross · 05-28-2003, 03:00 PM

Well it looks like the neomail.conf file isn't in the perl include path.

Finlay · 05-28-2003, 03:21 PM

how/where do i see the paths
if that is a list of paths the last one /var/neomail is where it is located

david_ross · 05-28-2003, 03:28 PM

That is the list of paths. Are you sure that it has the correct permissions and the name is in the correct case?

Finlay · 05-28-2003, 03:49 PM

the folder /var/neomail is root:mail
the file neomail.conf is root:mail

the neomail.pl line 37 is:
require "neomail.conf";

what if i change that to:
require "/var/neomail/neomail.conf";

do you think that will do anything, i don't know perl

david_ross · 05-28-2003, 04:00 PM

Since it is a web app you will need to make sure that the user your webserver runs as has access to the file too.

You could also take a look in your webserver's error log to see if there are any more clues.

Finlay · 05-28-2003, 04:07 PM

Currently i have
User apache
Group root
in the httpd.conf

david_ross · 05-28-2003, 04:14 PM

If I were you I'd forget about neomail and stop running your webser as root.

If you give your web server root privilages then anyone that gains control of your web server gains control of your whole system.

Finlay · 05-28-2003, 04:18 PM

OK
i changed it to nobody and nogroup

now my other webmail pyWM doesn't work
i will have to create a user to run it under that has permissions.
Thank you for all your help
Have a good one

david_ross · 05-28-2003, 04:23 PM

You probably have both a user and group called apache - most people use those.

david_ross · 05-28-2003, 04:47 PM

From the neomail FAQ:

Quote:

Q. NeoMail is installed, but I get a message about it not being able to find
neomail.conf in any of the @INC directories!

A. This is usually a permissions thing, make sure that neomail.pl and
neomail-prefs.pl have the proper permissions to read the /var/neomail
directory, and that suidperl is present and functioning properly. This
is often not the case on Slackware Linux. When suidperl issues arise,
most users have reported success after recompiling perl from scratch, making
sure to say "no" when asked if their kernel is suid-script secure, and "yes"
when asked if they want to use suid script emulation during the Configure
script.