Re: [SM-USERS] Error opening ../data/default_pref

[Bill Valentine]

p dont think wrote:

Bill Valentine wrote:
p dont think wrote:
I put a direct path in just to make sure. $data_dir = 
'/var/www/html/data/'

Here's a directory listing for the data_dir
drwxrwxrwx  2 apache apache 4096 Dec 21 17:01 /var/www/html/data


Here's the user and group apache is running as.
User apache
Group apache
Here's the data directory listing.
-rwxrwxrwx  1 apache apache  82 Dec 21 17:01 default_pref
-rwxrwxrwx  1 apache apache 469 Dec 23  2001 index.php


looks ok.  then Chris is probably on track; you are likely 
accessing the wrong SM installation on your machine.  try 
'updatedb; locate squirrelmail' or similar.  insert some code in 
src/login.php to see if it gets printed on the login screen, 
something like:

global $data_dir; echo "<hr>Hello.  data dir is $data_dir<hr>";
try inserting that above the third to last line, just before 
this line:

echo "</body>\n".
I've tried the first part before to make sure.  There's only one 
installation.  Be very odd if they were since this machine was 
installed fresh the other day.

I inserted code into the page.  It comes up on the login page.  
Here is the result.  I changed to a direct path after I sent the 
first message.  That's why it's different.

/Hello. data dir is /var/www/html//


your data directory is /var/www/html?!?!?!?!?!?!
doesn't that scream out to you as a problem?
It actually got stripped off.  It should have read.
/Hello. data dir is /var/www/html/data/


stripped off during a cut n paste or is SM somehow munging it?
assuming the first, see below
btw, the whole idea of moving the data dir is to move it *outside* 
the htdocs tree.

if you want to see the error where it happens, look in 
functions/file_prefs.php, around line 193 and make these changes:
(also remember to turn up error reporting all the way in php.ini 
and/or watch your logs)

         /* If it is not there, check the internal data directory. */
-        if ([EMAIL PROTECTED]($default_pref)) {
+        if (!file_exists($default_pref)) {
+            echo "<br>$default_pref was not found!<br>switching to "
+               . SM_PATH . 'data/default_pref<br>';
             $default_pref = SM_PATH . 'data/default_pref';
         }
         /* Otherwise, report an error. */
         $errTitle = sprintf( _("Error opening %s"), $default_pref );
         if (!is_readable($default_pref)) {
             $errString = $errTitle . "<br />\n" .
                          _("Default preference file not found or 
not readable!") . "<br />\n" .
                          _("Please contact your system 
administrator and report this error.") . "<br />\n";
             logout_error( $errString, $errTitle );
             exit;
-        } else if ([EMAIL PROTECTED]($default_pref, $filename)) {
+        } else if (!copy($default_pref, $filename)) {
+            echo "<br>$default_pref could not be copied "
+               . "to $filename per the error above<br>";
             $uid = 'httpd';
             if (function_exists('posix_getuid')){
                 $user_data = posix_getpwuid(posix_getuid());
                 $uid = $user_data['name'];
             }
             $errString = $errTitle . '<br />' .
                        _("Could not create initial preference 
file!") . "<br />\n" .
                        sprintf( _("%s should be writable by user 
%s"), $data_dir, $uid ) .
                        "<br />\n" . _("Please contact your system 
administrator and report this error.") . "<br />\n";
             logout_error( $errString, $errTitle );
             exit;
         }


Actually that last portion I don't know what happened.  It got 
bungled by my mail client.  I made the changes to that script and the 
error reporting in php.ini.  I get the following result.  Still 
points to permissions.
/
/var/www/html/data/default_pref could not be copied to 
/var/www/html/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED] per the error above/

where is the "error above"?  if you turned up error reporting and made 
the suggested changes in the code (remove the @ sign), an error should 
have been displayed.  either that or watch your logs more carefully. 
also check php open basedir and safe mode settings.


Here we go.
/*Warning*: copy(/var/www/html/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED]): failed to 
open stream: Permission denied in 
*/var/www/html/functions/file_prefs.php* on line *205*

/var/www/html/data/default_pref could not be copied to 
/var/www/html/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED] per the error above/

Code section starting form line 205.
else if (!copy($default_pref, $filename)) {
           echo "<br>$default_pref could not be copied "
             . "to $filename per the error above<br>";
           $uid = 'httpd';
           if (function_exists('posix_getuid')){
               $user_data = posix_getpwuid(posix_getuid());
               $uid = $user_data['name'];
}
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