[horde] Help with all of this

[Joe Besko]

Quoting Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>:

>
> On 7/10/2014 5:37 PM, Erling Preben Hansen wrote:
>> Citat af Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>:
>>
>>> On 7/9/2014 4:58 PM, Erling Preben Hansen wrote:
>>>> Citat af Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/8/2014 5:45 PM, Erling Preben Hansen wrote:
>>>>>> Citat af Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I certainly picked the wrong day to attempt a new installation, with
>>>>
>>>> all
>>>>>>> the little glitches that were going on. Glad to see how fast they
>> were
>>>>>>> resolved.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been debating which version I should be using - Framework,
>>>>>>> Groupware, or Webmail. My original version was the only version
>>>>>>> available way back when, Framework, but now there's so much more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The documentation for Webmail suggests I should use the admin
>>>>>>> functions
>>>>>>> to configure my setup, but it seems I can only get to any admin page
>>>>>>> once, and then I always get routed back to the normal login page
>>>>>>> afterwards, regardless of whether I change anything or not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How is the install supposed to be configured? Manually or through the
>>>>>>> web page, or does it matter? For now, I'm just guessing at most of
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> needs changed, using what I can from my old install. A pointer to
>>>>>>> configuration would be great.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for all being done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> steve campbell
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>>>>>> hey
>>>>>> Did you ad an admin acount to horde/config/conf.php
>>>>>> is your setting 'hordeauth' in horde/imp/config/backend.php or
>>>>>> backend.local.php correct.
>>>>>> /erling
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a user configured in horde/config/conf.php
>>>>> I don't see hordeauth set to 'true' anywhere in backend.php. I've yet
>> to
>>>>> create any local files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I actually think Imp might be working, I just need to figure out how to
>>>>> add a dropdown for domains (that point to various imap servers) on the
>>>>> login screen. In the old version, there was a file named servers.php
>>>>> under the config directory of imp. I might be able to use the contents
>>>>> of that file.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure I need to configure anything on the web site.
>>>>>
>>>>> steve
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>>>>
>>>> you need to make that backend.local.php
>>>>
>>>> and you need to read upgrading info.
>>>> http://www.horde.org/apps/imp/docs/UPGRADING
>>>> /erling
>>>
>>> The list only goes back to IMP 4.0, and I'm running IMP 3.2.1.
>>>
>>> Looks like I've got a lot of reading to do.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the help.
>>>
>>> steve
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>>
>> Hey
>> I understand that you upgrade from a very old one.
>> In that case, I think it will be best for you.
>> To put most of what you are used to in the background and start all over.
>>
>> To configure all normal thing in Horde it is best to use the web interface.
>> You avoid typos and you get a small explanation of most config options.
>> So the first thing is to get the login working to get to admin page.
>> check If your webserver has the needed rewrite rules and /or access to
>> .htaccess.
>> and your filepermissions is in order.
>> Check logs for errors.
>> fix those errors, there is, often a google search will get you a long way.
>> I know this is time consuming.
>> Hordes wiki has many answers mail list arkive to. But goolge will often
>> find those faster than a manuel search.
>> There is only one way....
>>
>> For some of os to helpyou better it would be nice to know....
>> are you using imp to authenticate users or do you use a seperat database.
>> what webserver are you using what is working and what is not.
>>
>> /erling
> Funny thing, I was going to address most of what you had mentioned  
> this morning.
>
> I am installing a new server. I'm not upgrading anything. The only  
> thing I will be using from the old server is the database if I can  
> import what data was used on the old database. I realize the  
> database has changed, and the fact that the way horde/webmail is  
> installed, that there will be a lot more tables in the database. So  
> here's what I've got now on the new server.

Do you know if you have SELinux enabled or disabled?  This may play a  
role some of your difficulties.

> I use Centos 6.5 - 64 bit - on the new machine. I'm using the Horde  
> Groupware Webmail Edition 5 to get Imp installed. The version of Imp  
> I had on the old system, a Centos 3 machine, was 3.2.1. It's taking  
> me a little while to figure out what's changed and where stuff is  
> placed now (things like using backends.php instead of servers.php),  
> but I'm getting there. Reading the UPGRADING doc yesterday helped  
> quite a bit, even though it only starts discussing upgrading version  
> 4 and above.
>
> We use Imp exclusively from the groupware. That may change since so  
> many other parts of Horde are installed in the groupware  
> installation. There are 3 main domains here. I use a dropdown on the  
> login screen to allow people to select their domain. Instead of a  
> local machine running dovecot or some other IMAP server, I run  
> Perdition. Perdition will redirect the imap (and pop if necessary)  
> connection to the proper server for each user. It works very well.
>
> All of the functions I need of IMP are working at the current time.  
> My main problem right now is I'm sure my installation isn't as  
> stable as it could be. During installation, I ran into a lot of  
> dependency problems, and ended up using "-f --alldeps -B" to get  
> this installed. No matter how I tried to resolve the problems, it  
> seemed I just found others along the way.
>
> The only problem I see now is that I can't use the Admin pages at  
> all. My apache logs (using the default apache that comes with a  
> Centos install httpd-2.2.15-30) is showing that any admin page can't  
> find "lib/base.php". There may be more it can't find, but that seems  
> to be the first hurdle. It's looking in the proper place, but that  
> file doesn't exist, so I'm sure it's due to the way I installed. I  
> followed the installation instructions except for adding the "-f" to  
> the "pear install -a -B horde/webmail" command.
>
> I could leave it like this since it's running and doing everything  
> it needs to do, but I'm retiring in a month and would like to have  
> the admin stuff working for my replacement. I'm sure he's never even  
> heard of Horde.
>
> So my questions for now is "What causes the lib/base.php file to get  
> installed?". Is there a way to rerun something just to get that part  
> of the installation done?
>
> Thanks for the patient reply. I know this is a lot of trouble for you guys.
>
> steve campbell
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