How to install and secure egroupware - Directory UMM

Create the files directory and the necessary subdirectories:
[root@server www]$ mkdir /var/www/files
[root@server www]$ mkdir /var/www/files/users /var/www/files/groups
You have to give the web server the rights to read and write to these directories:
[root@server www]$ chown –R apache.apache /var/www/files
[root@server www]$ chmod –R 0700 /var/www/files
7.5.2.2 Editing the current configuration
Path information
Enter the necessary values for your Path information
� The tmp directory is needed to store sessions and other information from your
eGroupWare installation. When your run your eGroupWare installation in a change root
environment or with open_basedir restrictions in your php.ini, change the path to the required
value.
Host information
� The full path for users and group files must be outside the web server root for security
reasons. It is not possible to have this directory inside your web server root!
� Enter the location of the eGW URL. If you want to use HTTPS and HTTP connections, use
/egroupware (If you want to force HTTPS then use https://yourdomain/egroupware)
� Please don’t change the standard image type selector from its default (which may be
different than the example shown below). It can break the design of the UI.
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