[imp] IMP Administration

Tue Jul 24 17:54:38 UTC 2012

On 24 July 2012 10:35, David Goldfield <dgoldfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> How do I find which version of horde and imp we are running?
>
>
>
> Thanks

If you managed to get to the administration panel (which I gather from
your other email hasn't been successful so far), then you could try
grepping the installation directory or reading the INSTALL document (I
think you know where this is because you were able to edit conf.php to
add the user).

Cheers

Simon

> 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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