[support] immediate installation errors

[Tim McGeary]

Yes, I had modified that per a support forum message I found.  I've 
replaced it with a pristine file, but I'm still getting the same error.

Also, it doesn't matter whether I use install.php or the index redirect.

Tim


Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Tim McGeary <tmm8 at Lehigh.EDU>:
> 
>> Thank you for the responses.  First off, I know that 777 is bad.  I was
>> just making the point that I tried to set my permissions to fully
>> writeable and it still wasn't working.
>>
>> I made the error_reporting change in the php.ini file.  This is the
>> first app I'm installing, and I don't expect the others to need E_ALL.
>>
>> So I made only the ./sites/default/settings.php with permission 777 and
>> the rest at 755, and I am still getting the error:
>>
>> Drupal database setup
>> The following error must be resolved before you can continue the
>> installation process:
>> The Drupal installer requires write permissions to
>> ./sites/default/settings.php during the installation process.
>>
>> What else should I check?
>>
> 
> I've seen this before.  You must have modified the settings.php file to 
> include the database information by hand.  I forget what I did but try 
> specifying the install.php manually in the URI.  E.G. 
> mysite.org/install.php
> 
> If that doesn't work, install the pristine file from the tarball and 
> enter the DB information in the web form.
> 
> Earnie