[imp] IMP Administration

[David Goldfield]

Hi Simon,

How do I find which version of horde and imp we are running?



Thanks

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Simon Brereton
<simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>wrote:

> A: Because it removes the flow of the discussion for others who come later.
> Q: Why is top posting bad?
> A: http://bit.ly/MEp2kG
> Q: What is top posting.
>
> On 23 July 2012 16:01, David Goldfield <dgoldfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > Thanks again for your prompt reply. I am replying all on this so the list
> > should receive it. Don't know what you mean by top post?
>
> Great.  thanks!
>
> > Before I try a re-install of horde and imp, I am going to try to delete
> the
> > root password on the server, then set it to another that we know.
>
> Well, that shouldn't be necessary to rescue your horde install - but
> will be necessary if you don't know what the root password actually
> is..
>
> > Then we are going find the directory in horde that holds user names and
> > passwords ?
>
> No.  If you're using LDAP, it will be there.  If you're using MYSQL,
> it will be there.  As I said, it depends on your backend and setup.
>
> > From Wiki:
> >
> > What are the default user name and password for the administrator?
> >
> > There are none. Since Horde supports a broad variety of different
> > authentication backends and you are free to choose any of them for your
> > Horde installation, the selected backend decides which are valid login
> > credentials. And we didn't add an authentication independent backdoor to
> > Horde, for obvious reasons.
> > Instead, you can turn any valid and authenticated user into an
> administrator
> > by adding his user name to the administrator list in Horde's
> configuration.
> > Make sure to use user names exactly like they are used inside Horde, i.e.
> > with or without a domain name, and considering any user name hooks that
> you
> > enabled.
> >
> > How can I get back to the setup screen?
> >
> > You probably locked yourself out as an administrator because you properly
> > configured an authentication backend for Horde, but forgot to add
> yourself
> > as an administrator in the Horde configuration - see the paragraph
> above. If
> > you don't want to start from scratch by copying conf.php.dist to conf.php
> > again, you need to change the configuration file horde/config/conf.php
> > manually. Edit the $conf['auth']['admins'] setting and add your username,
> > e.g. $conf['auth']['admins'] = array('joe'); or $conf['auth']['admins'] =
> > array('joe at example.com');. You can add several administrators using a
> comma
> > separated list.
> >
> >
> >
> > We have access to one user account. So, I edit conf.php to set this user
> as
> > 'admins' , then restart the web server then this give admin rights to
> that
> > user. Then when they log in to IMP, the administration portion should
> show
> > up in the browser?
> >
> > Do you think this will work?
>
> Yes, it should.  Of course you may need the root/sudoers password in
> order to edit that file.  Then you should see the Administration
> option in the side bar.  Do know which version of Horde/IMP this is?
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
> > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Simon Brereton <
> simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 23 July 2012 14:22, David Goldfield <dgoldfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Simon,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your prompt reply. Is there a web interface to administer
> the
> >> > IMP
> >> > application?
> >> >
> >> > If so, what is the default URL?
> >> >
> >> > Does IMP use the root account on the server?
> >>
> >>
> >> Please keep replies on-list (i.e. reply all) and please don't top-post.
> >>
> >> There is an administration section.  You will only have access to this
> >> if you log in as the administrator or have administration rights
> >> attached to your user.  I don't have the URL handy (and it will in
> >> part depend on how the server was setup - so the easiest way to access
> >> it is from the side-bar menu.  But as I say, you'll only see that
> >> option if you're an administrator.
> >>
> >> IMP should not run as root - it's a web application.  The webserver
> >> user (www-data on my system) should be sufficient.  Since Horde/IMP is
> >> simply a web interface to real componenets (MTA, MDA, etc) perhaps you
> >> should scrap the current install and start again?
> >>
> >> Simon
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