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Warning: mkdir() failed (Permission denied) red hat linux

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I get this error when running the install script:

Warning: mkdir() failed (Permission denied) in /var/www/html/faq/install/installer.php on line 91

I'm running Redhat linux 9. Out of the box install
running php 4.2.2
and mysql 3.23.54

HELP !!

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Hi,

could you please post your phpinfo()?

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Post by activ8 »

Straight from phpmyadmin :)


PHP Version 4.2.2

System Linux sylvester.devel.redhat.com 2.4.20-2.41smp #1 SMP Sun Feb 9 09:29:47 EST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Build Date Feb 25 2003 09:44:31
Configure Command './configure' '--host=i386-redhat-linux' '--build=i386-redhat-linux' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--cache-file=../config.cache' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--disable-debug' '--enable-pic' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--with-bz2' '--with-db3' '--with-curl' '--with-dom=/usr' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-ttf' '--with-gdbm' '--with-gettext' '--with-ncurses' '--with-gmp' '--with-iconv' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-png' '--with-pspell' '--with-regex=system' '--with-xml' '--with-expat-dir=/usr' '--with-zlib' '--with-layout=GNU' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-yp' '--enable-wddx' '--without-oci8' '--with-pear=/usr/share/pear' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl' '--with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos' '--with-ldap=shared' '--with-mysql=shared,/usr' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-snmp=shared,/usr' '--with-snmp=shared' '--enable-ucd-snmp-hack' '--with-unixODBC=shared' '--enable-memory-limit' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-shmop' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-dbx' '--enable-dio' '--enable-mcal' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs'
Server API Apache 2.0 Filter
Virtual Directory Support disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path /etc/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files /etc/php.d
additional .ini files parsed /etc/php.d/imap.ini,
/etc/php.d/ldap.ini,
/etc/php.d/mysql.ini,
/etc/php.d/pgsql.ini,
/etc/php.d/odbc.ini

Debug Build no
Thread Safety disabled

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v1.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Zend Technologies



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PHP 4 Credits

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Configuration
PHP Core
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On On
allow_url_fopen
1 1
always_populate_raw_post_data
0 0
arg_separator.input
& &
arg_separator.output
& &
asp_tags
Off Off
auto_append_file
no value no value
auto_prepend_file
no value no value
browscap
no value no value
default_charset
no value no value
default_mimetype
text/html text/html
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Off Off
disable_functions
no value no value
display_errors
On On
display_startup_errors
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doc_root
no value no value
enable_dl
On On
error_append_string
no value no value
error_log
no value no value
error_prepend_string
no value no value
error_reporting
2039 2039
expose_php
On On
extension_dir
/usr/lib/php4 /usr/lib/php4
file_uploads
1 1
gpc_order
GPC GPC
highlight.bg
#FFFFFF #FFFFFF
highlight.comment
#FF9900 #FF9900
highlight.default
#0000CC #0000CC
highlight.html
#000000 #000000
highlight.keyword
#006600 #006600
highlight.string
#CC0000 #CC0000
html_errors
On On
ignore_user_abort
Off Off
implicit_flush
Off Off
include_path
.:/usr/share/pear .:/usr/share/pear
log_errors
Off Off
magic_quotes_gpc
On On
magic_quotes_runtime
Off Off
magic_quotes_sybase
Off Off
max_execution_time
30 30
memory_limit
8M 8M
open_basedir
no value no value
output_buffering
no value no value
output_handler
no value no value
post_max_size
8M 8M
precision
14 14
register_argc_argv
On On
register_globals
Off Off
safe_mode
Off Off
safe_mode_exec_dir
no value no value
safe_mode_gid
Off Off
safe_mode_include_dir
no value no value
sendmail_from
me@localhost.com me@localhost.com
sendmail_path
/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
short_open_tag
On On
SMTP
localhost localhost
sql.safe_mode
Off Off
track_errors
Off Off
unserialize_callback_func
no value no value
upload_max_filesize
2M 2M
upload_tmp_dir
no value no value
user_dir
no value no value
variables_order
EGPCS EGPCS
xmlrpc_error_number
0 0
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Off Off
y2k_compliance
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yp
YP Support enabled


xml
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version expat_1.95.5


wddx
WDDX Support enabled
WDDX Session Serializer enabled


standard
Regex Library Bundled library enabled
Dynamic Library Support enabled
Path to sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

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assert.bail
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assert.callback
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safe_mode_allowed_env_vars
PHP_ PHP_
safe_mode_protected_env_vars
LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
url_rewriter.tags
a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry


sockets
Sockets Support enabled


shmop
shmop support enabled


session
Session Support enabled

Directive Local Value Master Value
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180 180
session.cache_limiter
nocache nocache
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no value no value
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0 0
session.cookie_path
/ /
session.cookie_secure
Off Off
session.entropy_file
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session.entropy_length
0 0
session.gc_maxlifetime
1440 1440
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1 1
session.name
PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
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no value no value
session.save_handler
files files
session.save_path
/tmp /tmp
session.serialize_handler
php php
session.use_cookies
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session.use_trans_sid
1 1


pspell
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posix
Revision $Revision: 1.42.2.2 $


pcre
PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support enabled
PCRE Library Version 3.4 22-Aug-2000


openssl
OpenSSL support enabled
OpenSSL Version OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003


iconv
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iconv.input_encoding
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iconv.output_encoding
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gmp
gmp support enabled


gettext
GetText Support enabled


gd
GD Support enabled
GD Version 1.6.2 or higher
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
JPG Support enabled
PNG Support enabled
WBMP Support enabled


ftp
FTP support enabled


exif
EXIF Support enabled
EXIF Version 1.2
Supported EXIF Version 02100
Supported filetypes JPEG,TIFF


domxml
DOM/XML enabled
libxml Version 2.5.4
HTML Support enabled
XPath Support enabled
XPointer Support enabled


dio
dio support enabled


dbx
dbx support enabled
dbx version 1.0.0
supported databases MySQL
ODBC
PostgreSQL
Microsoft SQL Server
FrontBase
Oracle 8 (not really)
Sybase-CT


dba
DBA support enabled
Supported handlers gdbm db3


curl
CURL support enabled
CURL Information libcurl 7.9.8 (OpenSSL 0.9.7a) (ipv6 enabled)


ctype
ctype functions enabled (experimental)


calendar
Calendar support enabled


bz2
BZip2 Support Enabled
BZip2 Version 1.0.2, 30-Dec-2001


bcmath
BCMath support enabled


zlib
ZLib Support enabled
'zlib:' fopen wrapper enabled
Compiled Version 1.1.4
Linked Version 1.1.4

Directive Local Value Master Value
zlib.output_compression
Off Off


imap
IMAP Support enabled
IMAP c-Client Version 2001
SSL Support enabled
Kerberos Support enabled


ldap
LDAP Support enabled
RCS Version $Id: ldap.c,v 1.116.2.1 2002/04/23 18:59:57 derick Exp $
Total Links 0/unlimited
API Version 2004
Vendor Name OpenLDAP
Vendor Version 20026


mysql
MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 1
Client API version 3.23.54
MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE external
MYSQL_SOCKET /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/include/mysql
MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient

Directive Local Value Master Value
mysql.allow_persistent
On On
mysql.default_host
no value no value
mysql.default_password
no value no value
mysql.default_port
no value no value
mysql.default_socket
no value no value
mysql.default_user
no value no value
mysql.max_links
Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.max_persistent
Unlimited Unlimited


pgsql
PostgreSQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0

Directive Local Value Master Value
pgsql.allow_persistent
On On
pgsql.auto_reset_persistent
Off Off
pgsql.max_links
Unlimited Unlimited
pgsql.max_persistent
Unlimited Unlimited


odbc
ODBC Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0
ODBC library unixODBC
ODBC_INCLUDE -I/usr/local/include
ODBC_LFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib
ODBC_LIBS -lodbc

Directive Local Value Master Value
odbc.allow_persistent
On On
odbc.check_persistent
On On
odbc.default_db
no value no value
odbc.default_pw
no value no value
odbc.default_user
no value no value
odbc.defaultbinmode
return as is return as is
odbc.defaultlrl
return up to 4096 bytes return up to 4096 bytes
odbc.max_links
Unlimited Unlimited
odbc.max_persistent
Unlimited Unlimited


Apache 2.0
Additional Modules
sysvshm
sysvsem


Environment
Variable Value
TERM xterm
PATH /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
PWD /
LANG en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL 1
_ /sbin/initlog


PHP Variables
Variable Value
PHP_SELF /phpmyadmin/phpinfo.php
_GET["lang"] en-iso-8859-1
_GET["server"] 1
_SERVER["UNIQUE_ID"] vLsiUarTbQoAAAiPC38AAAAE
_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT"] */*
_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"] http://pirates.crsc.k12.ar.us/phpmyadmi ... 1&server=1
_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] en-us
_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"] gzip, deflate
_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] 170.211.109.10
_SERVER["HTTP_CONNECTION"] Keep-Alive
_SERVER["HTTP_NOVINET"] v1.2
_SERVER["PATH"] /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
_SERVER["SERVER_SIGNATURE"] <address>Apache/2.0.40 Server at 170.211.109.10 Port 80</address>

_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"] Apache/2.0.40 (Red Hat Linux)
_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] 170.211.109.10
_SERVER["SERVER_ADDR"] 170.211.109.10
_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] 80
_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] 170.211.109.31
_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] /var/www/html
_SERVER["SERVER_ADMIN"] [no address given]
_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] /var/www/html/phpmyadmin/phpinfo.php
_SERVER["REMOTE_PORT"] 1487
_SERVER["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] CGI/1.1
_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] HTTP/1.1
_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] GET
_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] lang=en-iso-8859-1&server=1
_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] /phpmyadmin/phpinfo.php?lang=en-iso-8859-1&server=1
_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"] /phpmyadmin/phpinfo.php
_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] /phpmyadmin/phpinfo.php
_SERVER["argv"] Array
(
[0] => lang=en-iso-8859-1&server=1
)


_SERVER["argc"] 1
_ENV["TERM"] xterm
_ENV["PATH"] /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
_ENV["PWD"] /
_ENV["LANG"] en_US.UTF-8
_ENV["SHLVL"] 1
_ENV["_"] /sbin/initlog
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Post by Thorsten »

Hi,

do you have SSH or Telnet access?

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Post by activ8 »

Yeah I have SSH access..

Are you going to tinker with it remotely.. ? <S>

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Post by activ8 »

Any suggestions ?
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Post by Thorsten »

Hi,

yes. :)

You have to make a

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chown -R <apache-user>:<apache-group> <phpmyfaq-directory>/
Then it should work.

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activ8
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Post by activ8 »

Hmmm ok..

I do not see an apache user or apache group.
nor other users that have apache checkmarked.

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Post by activ8 »

Ok,

Here's what I did
I did a cmod 777 on the directory.. and that worked.
my next problem was that mysql could not find the database 'faq'
So I went to myphpadmin page and created a database called faq
After that the install went on..

So it's running now. I like it... ! it was wel worth the effort.

Thanks for the help !

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Post by Thorsten »

Hi,

chmod 777 is not really a good decision. I hope, this is a intranet server!

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