Well, since it seems people are asking why this happens, I thought it
might save time by saying that it's caused by wrong permissions.

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 12:23:42AM +0000, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Dan Melomedman writes:
> 
> > This IMHO requires an online FAQ.
> 
> I'm sure there are only many online FAQs about how UNIX permissions work.
> This has nothing to do with sqwebmail specifically.
> 
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:39:24PM +0000, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > > Daniel Fairs writes:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I get the following message in my system log whenever I try and access
> > > > the webmail interface:
> > > > 
> > > >  sqwebmail: sqwebmail: Cache create failure - file open.
> > > > 
> > > > I also often have to attempt to log in twice before I'm let in.
> > > > 
> > > > I configured with authentication caching, and the directory is
> > > > /var/run/sqwebmail, with the permissions as follows:
> > > > 
> > > > drw-rw-r--  2 nobody  wheel    512 Nov 21 21:16 sqwebmail/
> > > > 
> > > > Apache runs as nobody.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm using version 0.99 - is this fixed in the latest version? Or have I
> > > > got something wrong on my system (the most likely explanation ;)
> > > 
> > > You need execute permission bits set on this directory, and all
> > > subdirectories.
> > > 
> > > UNIX permissions 101.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Sam
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sam

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