[horde] Can't get Horde to Work At All

[Otto Stolz]

Hello,

Quoting Antonio DeLaCruz <adelacruz1 at kc.rr.com>:
> Actually, the only thing I did to conf.php was copy it from conf.php.dist
> and changed the cookie root to the folder where horde is stored.

This is by way too little. Please proceed as described in
horde/dics/INSTALL.

Eric Jon Rostetter schrieb:
> Must be an older version of Horde?  I thought they had gotten rid of
> conf.php.dist in favor of conf.xml already?

No, there is still a conf.php.dist.

Conf.php.dist contains a preliminary configuration that allows you
to login to Horde, and complete the configuration via the HTML
interface (which is based on conf.xml).

Quoting Antonio DeLaCruz <adelacruz1 at kc.rr.com>:
> I pretty
> much followed the installation directions word for word.

Word for word is not enough ;-)

horde/docs/INSTALL says:
> 3. Configuring Horde
>    To configure Horde, change to the ``config/`` directory of the installed
>    distribution, and make copies of all of the configuration ``.dist`` files
>    without the ``.dist`` suffix::
...
>    Documentation on the format of those files can be found in each file.

That means: Read all of those files, try to understand them, and adapt
them to your needs. Likewise the files in horde/imp/config, or what-
ever modules you have installed, except those that are accompanied by
.xml files (as they are adapted via the WWW interface).

Warning: Do not install Turba before you are ready to configure it;
if you run an unconfigured Turba, your Horde login can last for several
minutes.

Best wishes,
   Otto Stolz