RoundCube Log In - too many clicks

[mealto]

Is there a way to setup RoundCube within cPanel or WHM so that a user can log in to 1 page without having to click on the RoundCube link after passing credentials to the popup? Trying to make it easier to use RoundCube.

[logicsupport]

When users are logged in directly to the webmail client like roundcube you will be denying your webmail users the functionalities like change password , Forwarding options etc ( though it can be done through cpanel )


You can configure your server to use cookie-based authentication . You can do so by going to WHM -> Server Configuration -> Tweak Settings and select the following setting:

Disable Http Authentication for cPanel/WebMail/WHM Logins (forces cookie authentication)
When this is done the pop-up window will not appear which makes it easier

Now getting into your actual issue ,
How to login to roundcube directly ?

1) Login in to your cPanel interface.
2) Create subdomain, i.e webmail.domain.com ( domain.com is your actual domain name)

Your subdomain folder path should be public_html/webmail

3) Create .htaccess file in the document root of subdomain "public_html/webmail"

which should contain

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^webmail.domain.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.webmail.domain.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com:2095/3rdparty/roundcube/$1 [R=301,L]

Replace domain.com with your actual domain name .

Now when you access webmail.domain.com it should redirect you to the roundcube page . domain.come/webmail should be working as before .

If you wish to change it for all users ( I don't recommend this as it denies the funtions I explained before) there are some ways to edit webmail custom pages which cpaneldave has explained some time before .

Create a file called /root/roundcuberedirect.html that contains this:

Code:

<cpanel Email="check_roundcube()">
<h2>Redirecting to Roundcube WebMail.....please click <a href="<cpanel print="$CPVAR{'roundcube'}">/index.php">here</a> if you are not redirected in 5 seconds.</h2>
<script type="text/javascript">
function goToRoundCube(){
document.location.href="<cpanel print="$CPVAR{'roundcube'}">/index.php";
}
</script>
<script>goToRoundCube();</script>

Then, create a text file called /scripts/postupcp that contains this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
(cp /root/roundcuberedirect.html /usr/local/cpanel/base/webmail/x3/index.html)

After those are created, the html file containing the meta-refresh will be copied in place of the webmail home page each time you update cPanel. run /scripts/postupcp to switch the files