Brendan,<div><br></div><div>This is the kind of thing that I tend not to try to figure out since starting over seems the path of least resistance. Do you have anything to lose by starting over completely?<div><br></div><div>
If the installer script already ran, don't forget to drop all the tables in the db before you start. I'm presuming you didn't get as far as creating content given the errors you are getting.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Good luck,</div><div><br></div><div>Shai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:58 PM, brendan, <a href="http://fresh-off.com">fresh-off.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hello@fresh-off.com">hello@fresh-off.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hello,</b><br>
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.<br>
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 “<em><span>./sites/default/settings.php”
</span></em><em><span style="font-style:normal">from</span></em><em><span> “./sites/default/default.settings.php”.
</span></em><em><span style="font-style:normal">This was more confusing as I’d already created that file.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style:normal"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style:normal">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. <br>
<br>
If I have the permissions set to “777” for the following
directories and files<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">./sites/default/</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">.sites/default/files/settings.php</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">then I can proceed with the setup, but get this warning:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console";color:red">“All
necessary changes to <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">./sites/default</span></em>
and <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">./sites/default/settings.php</span></em>
have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order to
avoid security risks.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If I follow those directions and set the file and directory
to “444” and refresh, I get this warning:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">“-
The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the
installation process. </span></p>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Copy
the <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">./sites/default/default.settings.php</span></em>
file to <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">./sites/default/settings.php</span></em>.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Change
file permissions so that it is writable by the web server. </span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">- The directory <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">sites/default/files</span></em> 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.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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”)
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyhow, after changing the permissions to “777”
, I get the previous warning again: <br>
<span style="font-family:"Lucida Console";color:red">“All necessary
changes to <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">./sites/default</span></em>
and <em><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">./sites/default/settings.php</span></em>
have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order to
avoid security risks.”</span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console""></span></p>
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<br>
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?</p>
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