Hello,
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.
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 “./sites/default/settings.php”
from “./sites/default/default.settings.php”.
This was more confusing as I’d already created that file.
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.
If I have the permissions set to “777” for the following
directories and files
./sites/default/
.sites/default/files/settings.php
then I can proceed with the setup, but get this warning:
“All
necessary changes to ./sites/default
and ./sites/default/settings.php
have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order to
avoid security risks.”
If I follow those directions and set the file and directory
to “444” and refresh, I get this warning:
“-
The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the
installation process.
- The directory sites/default/files 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.”
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”)
Anyhow, after changing the permissions to “777”
, I get the previous warning again:
“All necessary
changes to ./sites/default
and ./sites/default/settings.php
have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order to
avoid security risks.”
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?
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