[horde] Help New Install Horde Webmail

[Steve Devine]

andrewfeberwee at hatchnet.com.au wrote:
> I think you have to change the ownership of all horde files to whatever
> apache is running as , try
>
> ps -ef | grep apache
>
> to get the user, in my case, a typical return line is
>
> wwwrun   22680 22678  0 Aug11 ?        00:00:08 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork
> -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
>
> Which shows apache running as wwwrun.  Then change all horde files from
> the top down to that owner
>
> cd /locationofhorde
> chown -R wwwrun horde-webmail-1.1
>
> And in my case, I changed the group to a user group
>
> chgrp -R users horde-webmail-1.1
>
> Hope that helps
>
>
>
>   
>> Next to install Horde Webmail 1.1.1 i have the next problem on the login
>> page
>>
>>
>> *Warning*: file_get_contents(/tmp/cache_9f1846117c7ec45bb5c0cd5f8f4e8f51)
>> [
>> function.file-get-contents<http://192.168.12.197/imp/function.file-get-contents>]:
>> failed to open stream: Permission denied in *
>> /var/www/html/horde/lib/Horde/Cache/file.php* on line *101
>> **Warning*: file_get_contents(/tmp/cache_369392975c342e1f370936d75cce3031)
>> [
>> function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in *
>> /var/www/html/horde/lib/Horde/Cache/file.php* on line *101*
>> *
>>
>> *The permission are:
>> [root at ns Cache]# ll
>> total 52
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2980 Jun 13 18:55 apc.php
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3085 Jun 13 18:55 eaccelerator.php
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9411 Jun 13 18:55 file.php
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4166 Jun 13 18:55 memcache.php
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13383 Jun 13 18:55 sql.php
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3656 Jun 13 18:55 xcache.php
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2116 Jun 13 18:55 zps4.php
>> [root at ns Cache]#*
>>
>>
>> *What is the problem*??
>>
>> JC
>> *
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>   
Thats a bit scary. You are effectively changing your config files so 
they are owned by the web server. If an exploit comes around that allows 
compromise of the webserver you might regret that decision.
I agree this may be a permissions issue but I would rather not see the 
whole horde install chowned.
/sd


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Steve Devine
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