It turns out, the problem was not that the path changed, but that the permissions were wrong. Setting the permission on ~/sitename/files/ to 0777 (i.e. world-writable) made the warning go away. On the other hand, it doesn't seem right that a directory should have to be left wide open like that. Is that really how it's supposed to be?
On Nov 18, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Fred Jones wrote:
Now, I get complaints that "The directory /files/ is not writable". Only now have I noticed the warning, "Changing this location after the site has been in use will cause problems so only change this setting on an existing site if you know what you are doing." Ooops. What do I need to do to fix the problem?
Did you try putting files back into ~/sitename/drupal-5.3/ ? Meaning:
~/sitename/drupal-5.3/files/
Leave all else in ~/sitename/ and just move files.
:)
Fred
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