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&#39;t forget to drop all the tables in the db before you start. I&#39;m presuming you didn&#39;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">&lt;<a href="mailto:hello@fresh-off.com">hello@fresh-off.com</a>&gt;</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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</span></em></p>

<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:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;;color:red">“All
necessary changes to <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">./sites/default</span></em>
and <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">./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:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">“- 
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:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">Copy
     the <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">./sites/default/default.settings.php</span></em>
     file to <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">./sites/default/settings.php</span></em>.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">Change
     file permissions so that it is writable by the web server. </span></li>
</ol>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">-  The directory <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">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:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;"> </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:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;;color:red">“All necessary
changes to <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">./sites/default</span></em>
and <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;">./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:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<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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