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 ====== Installing OpenWebMail in Slackware64 14.0 ====== ====== Installing OpenWebMail in Slackware64 14.0 ======
-Topic about openwebmail installation and setup for can use your mailbox over web interface from any place, where you get internet access and can run webbrowser. + 
-It be based on Slackware64 14.0 64 bit OS and latest openwebmail-current.tar.gz (actually ver 2.53)+This article explains how to install OpenWebmail and configure it so that you can access your mailbox using a web interface from any place with internet access and webbrowser available.\\  
 +These instructions were tested on Slackware64 14.0 64-bit OS and the latest openwebmail-current.tar.gz (actually version 2.53)\\  
 +It means, you are configured and running Apache web server and Sendmail mailserver.
  
  
 ====== Install libraries and required packages ====== ====== Install libraries and required packages ======
  
-Using CPAN via CPAN.pm: +Using CPAN via CPAN.pm: <code> 
- +perl -MCPAN -e shell                    [as root] 
- perl -MCPAN -e shell                    [as root] +o conf prerequisites_policy ask 
- o conf prerequisites_policy ask+</code>
 then: then:
 <code> <code>
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 install Text::Iconv install Text::Iconv
  
 +quit
 </code> </code>
  
 +====== Install OpenWebMail ======
  
-  - First, download latest openwebmail: [[http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/current/]]openwebmail-current.tar.gz  +  - First, download latest openwebmail: [[http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/current/|openwebmail-current.tar.gz]]  
-  - Create an folder when you want, say "/ADISKS/openwebm_inst" and move openwebmail-current.tar.gz in that +  - Create a directory wherever you want it, say "''/ADISKS/openwebm_inst''" and move the downloaded file "''openwebmail-current.tar.gz''" into that directory. 
-  - extract files with command <code bash> tar -zxvBpf openwebmail-current.tar.gz </code><note important>Use "tar" with "-zxvBpf" option, due to strange files permissions inside that archive. I try to untar it via midnight comander built-in archive tools, ans wrapsuid script not work due this... </note> +  - Extract all files using the command <code bash> 
-  - move untar folder /cgi-bin/openwebmail to /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail +tar -zxvBpf openwebmail-current.tar.gz 
-  - move untar folder /data/openwebmail to your webserver root ( /var/www/openwebmail ) +</code> **Use "tar" with "-zxvBpf" option, due to strange file permissions inside that archive. I tried to untar it via midnight comander built-in archive tools, ans the //wrapsuid// script would not work because of this... ** 
-  - +  - Move the extracted directory "''cgi-bin/openwebmail''" to "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail''" 
 +  - Move the extracted directory "''data/openwebmail''" to your webserver's //DocumentRoot// (in a default Apache configuration, that will be "''/var/www/openwebmail''"
 +  - Change directory to "''/var/www/openwebmail''", delete the file ''index.html'' and run the command <code bash> 
 +ln -s redirect.html index.html 
 +</code> 
 +  - Change directory to "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail''" and run the command <code> 
 +perl misc/tools/wrapsuid/wrapsuid.pl /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail 
 +</code> You should see the following output: <code> 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-folder.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-main.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-read.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-send.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-cal.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-webdisk.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-advsearch.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-abook.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-viewatt.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-vdomain.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-saprefs.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-prefs.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-tool.pl 
 +Fixing /tmp/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-spell.pl 
 +</code> 
 +  - Then go to "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc''" and edit the configuration files:  
 +    - Change "''openwebmail.conf''" according to: <code> 
 +domainnames             auto                                                                                                                                 
 +auth_module             auth_unix.pl                                                                                                                         
 +mailspooldir            /var/spool/mail                                                                                                                      
 +ow_cgidir               /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail                                                                                                         
 +ow_cgiurl               /cgi-bin/openwebmail                                                                                                                 
 +ow_htmldir              /var/www/openwebmail                                                                                                                 
 +ow_htmlurl              /                                                                                                                                    
 +logfile                 /var/log/openwebmail.log      
 +</code> 
 +    - Change directory to "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/defaults''", edit ''auth_unix conf'' to become<code> 
 +passwdfile_plaintext    /etc/passwd                                                                                                                          
 +passwdfile_encrypted    /etc/shadow                                                                                                                          
 +passwdmkdb              none 
 +</code> 
 +    - In directory "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/defaults''", edit ''db.conf'' as follows: <code> 
 +dbm_ext                 .db                                                                                                                                  
 +dbmopen_ext             .db                                                                                                                                  
 +dbmopen_haslock         no</code> 
 +    - Then, change directory to "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail''" and run <code bash> 
 +./openwebmail-tool.pl --init 
 +</code> 
 +  - After that, go to "''/var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail''", check that there are files starting with a dot (like "''.openwebmail.pl''") and old-style filenames (like "''openwebmail.pl)''". Set the //suid// bit for these scripts: <code bash> 
 +chmod u+s openwebmail*.pl 
 +chmod u+s .openwebmail*.pl 
 +</code>
  
-chmod u+s openwebmail*.pl in /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail 
  
-try to write down all my movings until forget it finish in 2-3 days, think.+====== Apache additional configuration ====== 
 + 
 +  * Add a  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl option in ''/etc/httpd/httpd.conf'' in section "Directory /srv/httpd/" httpd.conf like be: <code> 
 + 
 +ServerRoot "/usr" 
 +Listen 80 
 + 
 +LoadModule authn_file_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authn_file.so 
 +LoadModule authn_core_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authn_core.so 
 +LoadModule authz_host_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_host.so 
 +LoadModule authz_groupfile_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so 
 +LoadModule authz_user_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_user.so 
 +LoadModule authz_core_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_core.so 
 +LoadModule access_compat_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_access_compat.so 
 +LoadModule auth_basic_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_basic.so 
 +LoadModule reqtimeout_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_reqtimeout.so 
 +LoadModule filter_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_filter.so 
 +LoadModule mime_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_mime.so 
 +LoadModule log_config_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_log_config.so 
 +LoadModule env_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_env.so 
 +LoadModule headers_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_headers.so 
 +LoadModule setenvif_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_setenvif.so 
 +LoadModule version_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_version.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_connect_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_connect.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_ftp_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_http_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_http.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_scgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_ajp_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so 
 +LoadModule proxy_express_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_express.so 
 +LoadModule lbmethod_byrequests_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_lbmethod_byrequests.so 
 +LoadModule lbmethod_bytraffic_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_lbmethod_bytraffic.so 
 +LoadModule lbmethod_bybusyness_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_lbmethod_bybusyness.so 
 +LoadModule mpm_event_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_mpm_event.so 
 +LoadModule unixd_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_unixd.so 
 +LoadModule status_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_status.so 
 +LoadModule autoindex_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_autoindex.so 
 +##openwebmail! 
 +LoadModule cgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_cgi.so 
 +LoadModule dir_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_dir.so 
 +LoadModule alias_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_alias.so 
 + 
 +<IfModule unixd_module> 
 +User apache 
 +Group apache 
 + 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +# 'Main' server configuration 
 +
 +# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main' 
 +# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a 
 +# <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for 
 +# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file. 
 +ServerAdmin webmaster@sten.lv 
 + 
 +ServerName elephant.org 
 + 
 + 
 +<Directory /> 
 +    AllowOverride None 
 +</Directory> 
 + 
 +DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/" 
 +<Directory "/srv/httpd/"> 
 + 
 +    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews ExecCGI 
 + 
 +    AllowOverride All 
 +    #None 
 + 
 +    # 
 +    # Controls who can get stuff from this server. 
 +    # 
 +##    Require all granted 
 +Order allow,deny 
 +Allow from all 
 +###Need! otherwise "save as binary...." appear... 
 +AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl 
 + 
 +</Directory> 
 + 
 +
 +# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory 
 +# is requested. 
 +
 +<IfModule dir_module> 
 +    DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.php 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +
 +# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being 
 +# viewed by Web clients. 
 +
 +<Files ".ht*"> 
 +    Require all denied 
 +</Files> 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/error_log" 
 + 
 +LogLevel warn 
 + 
 +<IfModule log_config_module> 
 + 
 +    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined 
 +    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common 
 + 
 +    <IfModule logio_module> 
 +      # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O 
 +      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio 
 +    </IfModule> 
 + 
 +    # 
 +    ##CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/access_log" common 
 + 
 +    # 
 +    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/access_log" combined 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +<IfModule alias_module> 
 +  # 
 +    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin/" 
 + 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +<IfModule cgid_module> 
 +    # 
 +#    Scriptsock cgisock 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +
 +# "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased 
 +# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured. 
 +
 +##<Directory "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin"> 
 +##    AllowOverride None 
 +##    Options None 
 +##    Require all granted 
 +##</Directory> 
 +#for openwebmail 
 +<Directory "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin"> 
 +    AllowOverride All 
 +    Options ExecCGI 
 +    Order Allow,deny 
 +    Allow from all 
 +</Directory> 
 + 
 + 
 +<IfModule mime_module> 
 +    # 
 +    TypesConfig /etc/httpd/mime.types 
 + 
 +    # 
 +    AddType application/x-compress .Z 
 +    AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz 
 + 
 +    # 
 +##    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl 
 +    # for openwebmail 
 +##    AddHandler cgi-script .pl 
 +     
 +#test openwebmail 
 +##AddHandler server-parsed  .html 
 +###AddHandler server-parsed  .pl 
 + 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +# Virtual hosts 
 +Include /etc/httpd/httpd-vhosts.conf 
 + 
 +# Various default settings 
 +Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-default.conf 
 + 
 +# Configure mod_proxy_html to understand HTML4/XHTML1 
 +<IfModule proxy_html_module> 
 +Include /etc/httpd/extra/proxy-html.conf 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +<IfModule ssl_module> 
 +SSLRandomSeed startup builtin 
 +SSLRandomSeed connect builtin 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 +# Deal with user agents that deliberately violate open standards 
 +
 +<IfModule setenvif_module> 
 +BrowserMatch "MSIE 10.0;" bad_DNT 
 +</IfModule> 
 +<IfModule headers_module> 
 +RequestHeader unset DNT env=bad_DNT 
 +</IfModule> 
 + 
 + 
 +# Uncomment the following line to enable PHP: 
 +
 +Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf 
 + 
 + 
 +</code>
  
 ====== Links ====== ====== Links ======
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   * [[http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGI&mode=all]]   * [[http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGI&mode=all]]
   * [[http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.3/INSTALL]]   * [[http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.3/INSTALL]]
 +
 ====== Sources ====== ====== Sources ======
 +
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-* With help of user phenixia2003 from LinuxQuestions.org Forums\\   +  * With help of user phenixia2003 from LinuxQuestions.org Forums   
- * Thanks for editing  [[wiki:user:alienbob | Eric Hameleers]]\\  +  * Thanks for editing  [[wiki:user:alienbob|Eric Hameleers]] 
-* Originally written by [[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 2013/02/14 05:12//+  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 
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