My directory listing for my data directory looks like this:

drwxr-xr-x   2 www      www      512 Mar 11 16:51 webmaildata


----- Original Message -----
From: "p dont think" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Siobahn Hotaling'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:20 PM
Subject: RE: [SM-USERS] Weird Error opening ../data/default_pref message


> You should also post directory listings for your data dir showing
> ownership and permissions.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Siobahn
> > Hotaling
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:01 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [SM-USERS] Weird Error opening ../data/default_pref message
> >
> > I've read all of the other posts I could find on the web concerning
> this
> > issue - I've checked my permissions over and over, and set my data
> directory
> > to an absolute path, but I'm still getting the following error:
> >
> > Error opening ../data/default_pref
> > Could not create initial preference file!
> > /var/www/webmaildata/ should be writable by user
> > Please contact your system administrator and report this error.
> >
> > Notice that it doesn't say WHAT user it should be writable by (doesn't
> it
> > usually say "should be writable by user apache" or whatever the
> webserver
> > name is?  This one is blank.... which is odd.  The webserver user is
> "www")
> >
> > I really could use some help/suggestions here....
> >
> > My machine specs:
> >
> > OpenBSD 3.2
> > Apache 1.3.26
> > PHP 4.2.3
> > Squirrelmail 1.2.11
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who could help.....
> >
> > Siobahn
> >
> >
> >
> >
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