[horde] Help with all of this

Fri Jul 11 11:57:30 UTC 2014

On 7/11/2014 7:50 AM, Joe Besko wrote:
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> Quoting Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>:
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>> 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.
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> Do you know if you have SELinux enabled or disabled?  This may play a 
> role some of your difficulties.

SELinux is set to permissive.

steve
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>> 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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