Error: The directory ../inc is not writeable. - but is 777

DogTags · Post by **DogTags** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:29 am

Hi All

Trying to install phpmyfaq

Got to making ../inc writeable but got an error:

The directory ../inc is not writeable.

I DEFINITELY set the permissions of /inc to 777. No doubt about it, but I still get the above error.

Any ideas? I'm stumped on this one.

Thanks

Post by **Thorsten** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:11 pm

Hi,

which user owns the directory?

bye
Thorsten

DogTags · Post by **DogTags** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:58 pm

Hi

The same user that owns all public docs:

/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs

/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/myfaq

/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/myfaq/inc

Which user should own it?

Installation had been going fine until that point.

Thanks

Post by **Thorsten** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:43 pm

Hi,

if you're using PHP as Apache module the files have to be owned by the Apache user.

bye
Thorsten

DogTags · Post by **DogTags** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:20 am

drwxr-xr-x 14 arnold psacln 1024 Oct 17 02:27 phpmyfaq

drwxr-xr-x 14 arnold psacln 1024 Oct 17 02:27 inc

Does the above help? Are you saying that they should be:

drwxr-xr-x 14 arnold arnold 1024 Oct 17 02:27 phpmyfaq

drwxr-xr-x 14 arnold arnold 1024 Oct 17 02:27 inc

Thanks

sitespt · Post by **sitespt** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:41 am

Hello.

I don't understand this type of "owner permissions" Where and how do I set them?

Thank you.

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:41 am

Hi,

if you're using Linux:

man chown
man chmod

bye
Thorsten

sitespt · Post by **sitespt** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:38 am

Hello, I didn't understand what you said.

I'm using Linux, but what does this means?

man chown
man chmod

Thank you

nino · Post by **nino** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:05 pm

hi sitespt

man = manual

open up a console (something like the DOS-Box on Windows) and type in: man chown

the manual with many informations about the command chown will show up.

do the same for any other command you wish to know more about it.

greets

nino

sitespt · Post by **sitespt** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:34 pm

Hi again.

I'm stucked in the same step.
Isn't it the same thing setting the permissions from a FTP program?

The directory is writable and it stucks here all the time!

Any help?

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:41 pm

Hi,

you can test if it works if you chmod the whole directory with 777.

bye
Thorsten

sitespt · Post by **sitespt** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:56 pm

Hello.
When chmod the inc directory, I have this error:

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Warning: main(/home/xxxx/public_html/faq/inc/constants.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/xxxx/public_html/faq/install/installer.php on line 24

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/home/xxxx/public_html/faq/inc/constants.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxx/public_html/faq/install/installer.php on line 24

Any help? The installer.php is 644

Post by **Thorsten** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:01 am

Hi,

thi error describes that the file constants.php in the directory /inc isn't readable or even not there...

bye
Thorsten

sitespt · Post by **sitespt** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:55 pm

Ok, this error was because inc folder was CHMOD 766. I have CHMOD 777 now, but the other error came up again

It is:

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The directory ../inc is not writeable.

And The directory is CHMOD 777

How do I override this error? Please submit step by step instructions.

Thank you

Post by **Thorsten** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:07 pm

Hi,

you could remove all writeable checks inside installer.php.

bye
Thorsten