Difference between revisions of "Roundcube"

Latest revision as of 16:04, 17 February 2025

About

Roundcube (RC) is a webmail client that runs under the LAMP stack.

Files

When installed via apt, this is where Roundcube's files end up:

path	description
`/etc/roundcube/`	global configuration stuff: `defaults.inc.php`: must be present; should not be edited `config.inc.php`: must be present, and should be edited to contain local settings `main.inc.php`: old name for `config.inc.php` RC will load this if `config.inc.php` is not found should not be present in new installations `debian-db.php`: database credentials for RC installs in Debian-based systems
`/usr/share/roundcube/`	application code
`/var/lib/roundcube/`	installation image -- about half of the top folders here are just links: `config/` → `/etc/roundcube/` `logs/` → `../../log/roundcube/` (`/var/log/roundcube`) `program/` → `/usr/share/roundcube/program/` `SQL/` → `/usr/share/roundcube/SQL/` It also contains a few web-app-related things: `public_html/`: the web server should point at this folder `index.php`: the actual root page `.htaccess` → `../.htaccess` → `/etc/roundcube/htaccess` `skins/` ⇐ `public_html/skins/` `classic/` → `/usr/share/roundcube/skins/classic/` `elastic/` → `/usr/share/roundcube/skins/elastic/` `larry` → `/usr/share/roundcube/skins/larry/` `plugins/` ⇐ `public_html/plugins/` `index.php` ⇐ `/usr/share/roundcube/index.php` `.htaccess` → `/etc/roundcube/htaccess`

When installed this way, however, RC is not configured to play nicely with a virtual domain. It seems to expect to run as www-data. Tentatively, the remedy is just to change ownership of everything it touches (including log folders), but I'm still working on this. —Woozle (talk) 15:02, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

Tech Notes

The MariaDB/MySQL password must not contain the & character, because the DSN parser treats it as syntactically significant. There does not seem to be any way of escaping it, either. The critical piece of code is in /usr/share/roundcube/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_db.php, line 1336:

if (strpos($dsn, '&') !== false) {
    $opts = explode('&', $dsn);
}

Pages

/archive: obsolete stuff

Links

Reference

roundcube.net - official
Wikipedia

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-<hide>
+{{#set:page type|article}}
-[[page type::article]]
+{{#set:thing type|webmail client}}
-[[thing type::webmail client]]
 [[category:software]]
-</hide>
 ==About==
+[[Roundcube]] (RC) is a [[webmail client]] that runs under the [[LAMP stack]].
 ===Files===
-{|
+When installed via {{l/cmd|apt}}, this is where Roundcube's files end up:
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
 ! path !! description
 |-
-| /etc/roundcube
+| valign=top | <code>/etc/roundcube/</code>
-| global configuration stuff
+| global configuration stuff:
+* <code>defaults.inc.php</code>: must be present; should not be edited
+* <code>config.inc.php</code>: must be present, and should be edited to contain local settings
+* <code>main.inc.php</code>:
+** old name for <code>config.inc.php</code>
+** RC will load this if <code>config.inc.php</code> is not found
+** should not be present in new installations
+* <code>debian-db.php</code>: database credentials for RC installs in [[Debian]]-based systems
 |-
-| /usr/share/roundcube
+| valign=top |  <code>/usr/share/roundcube/</code>
 | application code
 |-
-| /var/lib/roundcube
+| valign=top | <code>/var/lib/roundcube/</code>
-| installation image -- mostly links to pieces of the other two
+| installation image -- about half of the top folders here are just links:
+* <code>config/</code> &rarr; <code>/etc/roundcube/</code>
+* <code>logs/</code> &rarr; <code>../../log/roundcube/</code> (<code>/var/log/roundcube</code>)
+* <code>program/</code> &rarr; <code>/usr/share/roundcube/program/</code>
+* <code>SQL/</code> &rarr; <code>/usr/share/roundcube/SQL/</code>
+It also contains a few web-app-related things:
+* <code>public_html/</code>: the web server should point at this folder
+** <code>index.php</code>: the actual root page
+** <code>.htaccess</code> &rarr; <code>../.htaccess</code>
+*** &rarr; <code>/etc/roundcube/htaccess</code>
+* <code>skins/</code> ''&lArr; <code>public_html/skins/</code>''
+** <code>classic/</code> &rarr; <code>/usr/share/roundcube/skins/classic/</code>
+** <code>elastic/</code> &rarr; <code>/usr/share/roundcube/skins/elastic/</code>
+** <code>larry</code> &rarr; <code>/usr/share/roundcube/skins/larry/</code>
+* <code>plugins/</code> ''&lArr; <code>public_html/plugins/</code>''
+* <code>index.php</code> ''&lArr; <code>/usr/share/roundcube/index.php</code>''
+* <code>.htaccess</code> &rarr; <code>/etc/roundcube/htaccess</code>
 |}
-===Notes===
+When installed this way, however, RC is ''not'' configured to play nicely with a virtual domain. It seems to expect to run as <code>www-data</code>. Tentatively, the remedy is just to change ownership of everything it touches (including log folders), but I'm still working on this. &mdash;''[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] ([[User talk:Woozle|talk]]) 15:02, 17 February 2025 (UTC)''
-I wasn't able to get it working from the APT repository. Steps:
+==Tech Notes==
-* Created link to /var/lib/roundcube
+The MariaDB/MySQL password must not contain the <code>&amp;</code> character, because the DSN parser treats it as syntactically significant. There does not seem to be any way of escaping it, either. The critical piece of code is in <code>/usr/share/roundcube/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_db.php</code>, line 1336:
-* Pasted link at (my domain public html)/roundcube
+<syntaxhighlight lang=php>
-* Accessing http://(my domain)/roundcube brought up Roundcube sofware with error saying it couldn't connect to the database
+if (strpos($dsn, '&') !== false) {
-** Remainder of interface was in some sort of Arabic script
+    $opts = explode('&', $dsn);
-* There was no change after configuring db parameters in /etc/roundcube
+}
-* Installed full version from download -- couldn't get mcrypt working, but that apparently isn't vital
+</syntaxhighlight>
+==Pages==
+* [[/archive]]: obsolete stuff
 ==Links==
 ===Reference===
+* [https://roundcube.net roundcube.net] - official
 * {{wikipedia}}