kc8tdw@kc8tdw:/var/www/vhosts/ www.kc8tdw.com/kc8tdw.com/httpdocs/webmail/data$ ls -l total 16 -rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 41 2010-01-07 21:32 default_pref -rw-r--r-- 1 vsftpd root 485 2010-01-07 02:24 index.php -rw-r--r-- 1 vsftpd root 0 2010-01-07 02:24 info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -rw------- 1 vsftpd root 52 2010-01-07 02:24 info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -rw------- 1 root root 123 2010-01-07 02:24 ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ok, chmod 755, Error opening ../data/default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/www/vhosts/ehcp/webmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data Please contact your system administrator and report this error. I am at a loss. I had it as 777, that should have worked too. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:28 AM, nor thern <zboson2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the two commands i posted earlier were found at the below link. > it appears a solution to the problem is found. i should have posted the > link for reference. > http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28321 >