Sorry,<div><br></div><div>This is the error which I&#39;m getting:</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><table class="system-status-report" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; width: 549px; font-size: 0.923em; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); border-left-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); ">

<tbody style="border-top-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><tr class="error merge-down" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">

<td class="status-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">

File system</td><td class="status-value" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); ">

</td></tr><tr class="error merge-up" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">

<td colspan="3" class="status-description" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 28px; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); ">

The directory <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">sites/default/files</em> 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 <a href="http://drupal.org/server-permissions" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; 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=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><table class="system-status-report" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; width: 549px; font-size: 0.923em; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); border-bottom-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); border-left-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); ">

<tbody style="border-top-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><tr class="error merge-down" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">

<td class="status-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">

Settings file</td><td class="status-value" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); ">

The settings file is not writable.</td></tr><tr class="error merge-up" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(140, 46, 11); background-color: rgb(254, 245, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">

<td colspan="3" class="status-description" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 28px; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); ">

The Drupal installer requires write permissions to <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">./sites/default/settings.php</em> during the installation process. If you are unsure how to grant file permissions, consult the <a href="http://drupal.org/server-permissions" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none; ">online handbook</a>.</td>

</tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, chetan patil <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:chtpatil@gmail.com">chtpatil@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

Hi,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;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:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, &#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;width:549px;font-size:0.923em;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(190, 191, 185);border-right-color:rgb(190, 191, 185);border-bottom-color:rgb(190, 191, 185);border-left-color:rgb(190, 191, 185)">


<tbody style="border-top-width:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial"><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(140, 46, 11);background-color:rgb(254, 245, 241);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204)">


<td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px !important;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">


File system</td><td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:0px !important;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(190, 191, 185)">


</td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px !important;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(140, 46, 11);background-color:rgb(254, 245, 241);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204)">


<td colspan="3" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:28px;border-top-width:0px !important;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(190, 191, 185)">


The directory <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline">sites/default/files</em> 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 <a href="http://drupal.org/server-permissions" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0, 116, 189);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">online handbook</a>.</td>


</tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(37, 91, 30);background-color:rgb(229, 255, 226);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204)">


<td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);width:16px">


<div title="OK" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16px;width:16px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">


<span style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline">OK</span></div>


</td><td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">


Unicode library</td><td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(190, 191, 185)">


PHP Mbstring Extension</td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(140, 46, 11);background-color:rgb(254, 245, 241);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204)">


<td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px !important;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);width:16px">


<div title="Error" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16px;width:16px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">


<span style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline">Error</span></div>


</td><td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px !important;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">


Settings file</td><td style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:6px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:6px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:0px !important;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:middle;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(190, 191, 185)">


The settings file does not exist.</td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px !important;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(140, 46, 11);background-color:rgb(254, 245, 241);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204)">


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The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the installation process. Copy the <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline">./sites/default/default.settings.php</em> file to <em style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline">./sites/default/settings.php</em>. More details about installing Drupal are available in <a href="http://127.0.0.1/drupal-7.4/INSTALL.txt" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;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>

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<div>I looked into drupal forum but no one has got proper solution.</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m installing it on Fedora 14.</div><div><br></div><div>Can it be SELinux issue?</div><div>Because I&#39;m getting working whenever i  click on &quot;proceed with installation&quot;</div>


<div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Chetan Arvind Patil,<br>+919970018364<br><br><br><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Chetan Arvind Patil,<br>+919970018364<br><br><br><br>
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