[support] Why doesn't Drupal sees the "files" folder?

[Larry Garfield]

On Monday 05 June 2006 14:02, dondi_2006 wrote:
> > > * creating that directory, with the same owner and group as
> > > settings.php
> >
> > This is probably your problem. For a directory to be considered a
> > directory, it MUST have execute permissions. Common configurations are
> > 775 or -drwxrwxr--, depending on how your control panel visualizes it.
>
> the directory has permissions 755, owned by the www server user; isn't it
> enough? Also: must it be in the drupal installation root or in (for virtual
> hosting) drupalroot/sites/virtualdomain_1/files ??
>
> D.

The files directory should be under where Drupal is installed.  Vis, at the 
same level as the sites, database, modules, and themes directories.

(I think you're supposed to be able to get it to work inside a site/something/ 
directory, but I've never actually gotten it to work. <g>)

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