>> There is a Squirrelmail document recommending that the Squirrelmail >> data and attachments directories are established outside of the web >> server's reach. /var is given as an example. They also recommend >> root:apache 0730 for both directories. >> >> This is a little disturbing because my Squirrelmail data directory was >> created under the webroot as apache:apache 0755 at some point. Would >> this have been done by Gentoo? Should I file a bug? >> >> "Prepare data and attachment directories" >> http://squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin-3.html >> >> - Grant > > I think the data-directory is included from upstream and is there to have it > work when installing it "blindly". Recommendations are not always possible > (think hosted environments)
The Squirrelmail list is telling me: > SquirrelMail doesn't create any directories aside from the ones > contained in the installation itself. It doesn't put anything in your > webroot or anywhere else unless you're using some third party > installer that does other things. > > Maybe you should file a bug report against whatever entity it was that > provided the package that did that. Does this sound like a Gentoo bug I should report? - Grant
