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    From your root install directory, you need to do this in the command
    line:<br>
    <br>
    chmod a+w sites/default<br>
    <br>
    Once installation is complete, you then:<br>
    <br>
    chmod go-w sites/default<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jamie Holly
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    <br>
    On 7/6/2011 4:31 AM, chetan patil wrote:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAF0dY_sS7ymR3xKQjbZvwJdNsQfWRwbA4NVW0uFg+tMiUuCcRQ@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Sorry,
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>This is the error which I'm getting:</div>
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          charset=ISO-8859-1">
        <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
          font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;
          font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">
          <table class="system-status-report" style="border-collapse:
            collapse; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 1px
            solid rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: baseline; width:
            549px; font-size: 0.923em;">
            <tbody style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
              vertical-align: baseline;">
              <tr class="error merge-down" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align:
                baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color:
                rgb(254, 245, 241); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204,
                204, 204);">
                <td class="status-title" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                  6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px;
                  border-bottom-width: 0px ! important;
                  border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; color:
                  rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  File system</td>
                <td class="status-value" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                  6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right: 1px solid
                  rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-width: 0px !
                  important; border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                  middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  <br>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="error merge-up" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                0px; border-top-width: 0px ! important;
                border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid
                rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 0px;
                vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11);
                background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241);">
                <td colspan="3" class="status-description"
                  style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 8px 28px;
                  border-top-width: 0px ! important; border-right: 1px
                  solid rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-width: 0px;
                  border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; color:
                  rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  The directory&nbsp;<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                    border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sites/default/files</em>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://drupal.org/server-permissions"
                    style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
                    vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189);
                    text-decoration: none;">online handbook</a>.</td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>
        </span>
        <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
          charset=ISO-8859-1">
        <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
          font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;
          font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">
          <table class="system-status-report" style="border-collapse:
            collapse; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 1px
            solid rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: baseline; width:
            549px; font-size: 0.923em;">
            <tbody style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
              vertical-align: baseline;">
              <tr class="error merge-down" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align:
                baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color:
                rgb(254, 245, 241); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204,
                204, 204);">
                <td class="status-title" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                  6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px;
                  border-bottom-width: 0px ! important;
                  border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; color:
                  rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  Settings file</td>
                <td class="status-value" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                  6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right: 1px solid
                  rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-width: 0px !
                  important; border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                  middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  The settings file is not writable.</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="error merge-up" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                0px; border-top-width: 0px ! important;
                border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid
                rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 0px;
                vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11);
                background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241);">
                <td colspan="3" class="status-description"
                  style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 8px 28px;
                  border-top-width: 0px ! important; border-right: 1px
                  solid rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-width: 0px;
                  border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; color:
                  rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                  The Drupal installer requires write permissions to&nbsp;<em
                    style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
                    vertical-align: baseline;">./sites/default/settings.php</em>&nbsp;during
                  the installation process. If you are unsure how to
                  grant file permissions, consult the&nbsp;<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://drupal.org/server-permissions"
                    style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
                    vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189);
                    text-decoration: none;">online handbook</a>.</td>
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            </tbody>
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      <div><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, chetan
          patil <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:chtpatil@gmail.com">chtpatil@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
            0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);
            padding-left: 1ex;">
            Hi,
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I'm installing Drupal 7.4</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>But getting following error:</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
                'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;
                font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">
                <table style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px 0px
                  10px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(190, 191,
                  185); vertical-align: baseline; width: 549px;
                  font-size: 0.923em;">
                  <tbody style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding:
                    0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
                    <tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width:
                      0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; color:
                      rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color: rgb(254, 245,
                      241); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204,
                      204);">
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px;
                        border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px;
                        border-bottom-width: 0px ! important;
                        border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle;
                        color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                        File system</td>
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px;
                        border-top-width: 0px; border-right: 1px solid
                        rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-width: 0px !
                        important; border-left-width: 0px;
                        vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                        <br>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                      border-top-width: 0px ! important;
                      border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid
                      rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 0px;
                      vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11);
                      background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241);">
                      <td colspan="3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px
                        6px 8px 28px; border-top-width: 0px ! important;
                        border-right: 1px solid rgb(190, 191, 185);
                        border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width:
                        0px; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0,
                        0);">
                        The directory&nbsp;<em style="margin: 0px; padding:
                          0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                          baseline;">sites/default/files</em>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://drupal.org/server-permissions"
                          style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                          border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
                          color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration:
                          none;" target="_blank">online handbook</a>.</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width:
                      0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; color:
                      rgb(37, 91, 30); background-color: rgb(229, 255,
                      226); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204,
                      204);">
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 6px;
                        border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle;
                        color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 16px;">
                        <div title="OK" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                          0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                          baseline; min-height: 16px; width: 16px;">
                          <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                            border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                            baseline;">OK</span></div>
                      </td>
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px;
                        border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle;
                        color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                        Unicode library</td>
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px;
                        border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align:
                        middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1px
                        solid rgb(190, 191, 185);">
                        PHP Mbstring Extension</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width:
                      0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; color:
                      rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color: rgb(254, 245,
                      241); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204,
                      204);">
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 6px;
                        border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px;
                        border-bottom-width: 0px ! important;
                        border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle;
                        color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 16px;">
                        <div title="Error" style="margin: 0px; padding:
                          0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                          baseline; min-height: 16px; width: 16px;">
                          <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                            border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
                            baseline;">Error</span></div>
                      </td>
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px;
                        border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px;
                        border-bottom-width: 0px ! important;
                        border-left-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle;
                        color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                        Settings file</td>
                      <td style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px;
                        border-top-width: 0px; border-right: 1px solid
                        rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-width: 0px !
                        important; border-left-width: 0px;
                        vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                        The settings file does not exist.</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                      border-top-width: 0px ! important;
                      border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid
                      rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 0px;
                      vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11);
                      background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241);">
                      <td colspan="3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px
                        6px 8px 28px; border-top-width: 0px ! important;
                        border-right: 1px solid rgb(190, 191, 185);
                        border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width:
                        0px; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0,
                        0);">
                        The Drupal installer requires that you create a
                        settings file as part of the installation
                        process. Copy the&nbsp;<em style="margin: 0px;
                          padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
                          vertical-align: baseline;">./sites/default/default.settings.php</em>&nbsp;file
                        to&nbsp;<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                          border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">./sites/default/settings.php</em>.
                        More details about installing Drupal are
                        available in&nbsp;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://127.0.0.1/drupal-7.4/INSTALL.txt"
                          style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
                          border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
                          color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration:
                          none;" target="_blank">INSTALL.txt</a>.</td>
                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
                </table>
              </span><br>
            </div>
            <div>I did :</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>
              <div>chmod a+w sites/default</div>
              <div>
                <div>mkdir sites/default/files</div>
                <div>chmod a+w sites/default/files</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
              </div>
              <div>And also this:</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>
                <div>cp sites/default/default.settings.php
                  sites/default/settings.php</div>
                <div>chmod a+w sites/default/settings.php</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>Even then the error remains as it is.</div>
              </div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>I looked into drupal forum but no one has got proper
                solution.</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>I'm installing it on Fedora 14.</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Can it be SELinux issue?</div>
              <div>Because I'm getting working whenever i &nbsp;click on
                "proceed with installation"</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Thanks.</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              -- <br>
              Chetan Arvind Patil,<br>
              +919970018364<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <br>
            </div>
          </blockquote>
        </div>
        <br>
        <br clear="all">
        <br>
        -- <br>
        Chetan Arvind Patil,<br>
        +919970018364<br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <br>
      </div>
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