[support] error installing drupal

[Cog Rusty]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Alvar Astigarraga
<alvar.astigarraga at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the settings.php file is there (please correct me if I'm wrong,
> but doesn't the default.settings.php become settings.php?)


The "default.settings.php" file should remain there. It is
automatically copied to "settings.php" during installation.


> Yes, I changed permissions.


Also make sure that the containing directory "default" allows the web
server to read/write/list (755).


> I removed all files, and I'm about to try again. I'm starting to
> suspect my FTP client is corrupting things...
>
>
> Thanks for your input
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Cog Rusty wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Alvar Astigarraga
>> <alvar.astigarraga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm getting the following errors on attempting to install drupal 6
>>>
>>>
>>> Warning: fopen(./sites/default/default.settings.php)
>>> [function.fopen]:
>>> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
>>> /homepages/44/d242847775/htdocs/squares/cornwall/includes/
>>> install.inc on
>>> line 187
>>
>>
>> Does the file sites/default/default.settings.php exit?
>> Is it readable by the web server? (permissions at least 644)
>>
>> If it is missing or corrupted you may need to upload Drupal again. Or
>> you may need to fix the permissions.
>>
>>
>>> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent
>>> by (output
>>> started at
>>> /homepages/44/d242847775/htdocs/squares/cornwall/includes/
>>> install.inc:187)
>>> in /homepages/44/d242847775/htdocs/squares/cornwall/includes/
>>> install.inc on
>>> line 617
>>> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent
>>> by (output
>>> started at
>>> /homepages/44/d242847775/htdocs/squares/cornwall/includes/
>>> install.inc:187)
>>> in /homepages/44/d242847775/htdocs/squares/cornwall/includes/
>>> install.inc on
>>> line 618
>>>
>>>
>>> any help would be appreciated
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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