Description of problem: Existing configurations of SquirrelMail no longer work under Fedora 18 due to changes in Apache httpd authentication modules. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): squirrelmail-1.4.22-9.fc18.noarch httpd-2.4.3-12.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install squirrelmail and establish a basic configuration. 2. Attempt to access https://yourserver/webmail 3. Notice the "403 Forbidden" error page. Actual results: Cannot reach the typical SM login page. Expected results: Simple installation and operation as before. Additional info: After reading http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_authz_host.html, it seemed necessary for make the following configuration change to get the prior behaviour back: --- /etc/httpd/conf.d/squirrelmail.conf.orig 2012-07-22 01:28:37.000000000 -0400 +++ /etc/httpd/conf.d/squirrelmail.conf 2013-01-29 19:22:19.413428582 -0500 @@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} + Require all granted </Directory>
It should work now (slightly different fix used)
squirrelmail-1.4.22-10.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/squirrelmail-1.4.22-10.fc18
Package squirrelmail-1.4.22-10.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing squirrelmail-1.4.22-10.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-1914/squirrelmail-1.4.22-10.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
squirrelmail-1.4.22-10.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.