Webmail, Roundcube how they are installed?

Sebycp

• November 20, 2018 14:10

I would like to know how to Webmail and Roundcube are installed on a cPanel server. I searched in apache conf. and i couldn`t find any directive like: /Alias /usr/share/roundcube or any roundcube conf that is included in cPanel . Also how cPanel users acces /usr/share/roundcube if the suPHP handler is used? In suPHP you can`t acces folders and files if they dont have same UID and GID as the cPanel user... Can someone provide more information ?

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  cPanelKenneth

  • November 21, 2018 14:37

  The installation of Roundcube distributed with cPanel & WHM is to served via Apache. It is served by our internal service, cpsrvd. What are you trying to do with Roundcube?

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  Sebycp

  • November 21, 2018 20:20

  I want to know how Roundcube is configured to work with Apache. I am trying to replicate on a separate server how is cPanel working. Here is my Apache config for Roundcube: Alias /roundcubemail /usr/share/roundcube suPHP_Engine On suPHP_UserGroup httpd www Options All AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch,FollowSymLinks Require all granted Is this safe? Runing suPHP as apache user for /usr/share/roundcube ? Also in cPanel how is Roundcube configured with cpsrvd?

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  cPanelKenneth

  • November 21, 2018 21:27

  cpsrvd serves all web applications as the logged in user. In the case of the webmail applications, the process is running as the user that owns the email account. I'm not able to answer whether your suPHP configuration is safe. It does mean the application is running as the user httpd, with access to the www group. That gives it access to any file or directory on the system that httpd or www have access to. Without knowing your system configuration I cannot say if that is good, bad, or otherwise. In general it is not recommended to serve content or applications as a shared user. Instead they should be server by a specific user, with restricted access to the system. That reduces the risk of server compromise if a web application is compromise (among other things).

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  Sebycp

  • November 22, 2018 11:36

  I know this but i want to use Roundcube globally. Its hard to create a separate roundcube install in the root folder of every user on the system :)) . This is my problem . And to acces it globally i must use apache user... Any other ideas?

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  Infopro

  • November 22, 2018 16:53

  Any other ideas?

  
  Get a server with cPanel on it?

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  Sebycp

  • November 30, 2018 16:43

  I dont want a cPanel server. I want to understand how its Roundcube installed exactly and how it works through cpsrvd . Can i setup a service like cpsrvd myself? do you any tutorial or more info ?

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  sparek-3

  • November 30, 2018 16:48

  So... you want the developers of a licensed piece of software to tell you how they operate? How they make money, so you can circumvent them?

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  cPanelLauren

  • November 30, 2018 17:45

  Hi @Sebycp While how cpsrvd works specifically as well as how internal services work may not be something that we're able to go into detail on, it may be helpful to check out the Roundcube help Roundcube Community Forum - Index where I'm sure others have looked to configure their servers similarly as well.

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  Sebycp

  • December 11, 2018 12:59

  No i dont want money. I want knowledge. I am just curious. You think only money is important in this world sparek-3 ?

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  Infopro

  • December 11, 2018 14:13

  I dont want a cPanel server. I want to understand how its Roundcube installed exactly

  
  Link below.

  ...and how it works through cpsrvd . Can i setup a service like cpsrvd myself?

  
  It's not something you can install on a server sans cPanel though. cpsrvd = cPanel Service Daemon

  ...do you any tutorial or more info ?

  
  This link may be if some use to you: tecmint.com/install-roundcube-webmail-on-centos-7

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