[support] error installing drupal

[Michael Prasuhn]

This is incorrect. You must manually copy the default.settings.php  
file to settings.php under the latest version of Drupal 6.

This is because some users on shared hosting were having problems with  
the web server creating the file, and they could not get sufficient  
permissions to delete or edit the file.

 From CHANGELOG.txt:

Drupal 6.3, 2008-07-09
----------------------
- Fixed security issues, (Cross site scripting, cross site request  
forgery, session fixation and SQL injection), see SA-2008-044.
- Slightly modified installation process to prevent file ownership  
issues on shared hosts.


-Mike


On Sep 3, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Cog Rusty wrote:

> 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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