[support] Drupal 7.4 issue

[Jamie Holly]

>From your root install directory, you need to do this in the command line:

chmod a+w sites/default

Once installation is complete, you then:

chmod go-w sites/default

Jamie Holly
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On 7/6/2011 4:31 AM, chetan patil wrote:
> Sorry,
>
> This is the error which I'm getting:
>
> File system 	
> The directory /sites/default/files/ is not writable. 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. For more information, see
> INSTALL.txt or the online handbook
> <http://drupal.org/server-permissions>.
>
> Settings file 	The settings file is not writable.
> The Drupal installer requires write permissions
> to /./sites/default/settings.php/ during the installation process. If
> you are unsure how to grant file permissions, consult the online
> handbook <http://drupal.org/server-permissions>.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, chetan patil <chtpatil at gmail.com
> <mailto:chtpatil at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I'm installing Drupal 7.4
>
>     But getting following error:
>
>     File system 	
>     The directory /sites/default/files/ is not writable. 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.
>     For more information, see INSTALL.txt or the online handbook
>     <http://drupal.org/server-permissions>.
>     OK
>     	Unicode library 	PHP Mbstring Extension
>     Error
>     	Settings file 	The settings file does not exist.
>     The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as
>     part of the installation process. Copy
>     the /./sites/default/default.settings.php/ file
>     to /./sites/default/settings.php/. More details about installing
>     Drupal are available in INSTALL.txt
>     <http://127.0.0.1/drupal-7.4/INSTALL.txt>.
>
>
>     I did :
>
>     chmod a+w sites/default
>     mkdir sites/default/files
>     chmod a+w sites/default/files
>
>     And also this:
>
>     cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
>     chmod a+w sites/default/settings.php
>
>     Even then the error remains as it is.
>
>     I looked into drupal forum but no one has got proper solution.
>
>     I'm installing it on Fedora 14.
>
>     Can it be SELinux issue?
>     Because I'm getting working whenever i  click on "proceed with
>     installation"
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     -- 
>     Chetan Arvind Patil,
>     +919970018364
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Chetan Arvind Patil,
> +919970018364
>
>
>
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