[support] fresh D6 intall; endless permissions loop

[brendan, fresh-off.com]

Hello,
I'm having permissions problems.  I'm following the warnings from Druapl,
making the fixes - but the warnings and fixes just seem to go in a loop.
I had a new install of D6 and was installing a few modules.  After hitting
"save" it brought me to the Drupal D6 install page (which was confusing).  I
clicked on "install" and I received the warning message about making the
file  "./sites/default/settings.php" from
"./sites/default/default.settings.php".  This was more confusing as I'd
already created that file.

 

I messed about with it for a while, and things seem to change based on the
directory permissions.  Anyhow, it was a new enough install that I figured
I'd just delete the DB, create a new DB and reinstall D6, but I seem to
still be getting similar permissions problems.   

If I have the permissions set to "777" for the following directories and
files



./sites/default/

.sites/default/files/settings.php

 

then I can proceed with the setup, but get this warning:

 

"All necessary changes to ./sites/default and ./sites/default/settings.php
have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order
to avoid security risks."

 

If I follow those directions and set the file and directory to "444" and
refresh, I get this warning:

 

"-  The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of
the installation process. 

1.	Copy the ./sites/default/default.settings.php file to
./sites/default/settings.php.
2.	Change file permissions so that it is writable by the web server. 

-  The directory sites/default/files does not exist. An automated attempt to
create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem. To
proceed with the installation, either create the directory and modify its
permissions manually, or ensure that the installer has the permissions to
create it automatically."

 

At this point, I find that have to set the permissions of the "default"
directory and "settings.php" to "777" make the above warning go away.  (no
other RWE combo seems to work.. only "777") 

 

Anyhow, after changing the permissions to "777" , I get the previous
warning again:  
"All necessary changes to ./sites/default and ./sites/default/settings.php
have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order
to avoid security risks."



It just seems to be going in an endless loop.  I've installed D6 several
times, but never had this happen.  Any idea what is going on?

 

 

 

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