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by mtitone
Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:52 pm
Forum: Webserver and configuration
Topic: Could not create or write to following directories
Replies: 4
Views: 6970

Re: Could not create or write to following directories

I figured it out.

My directory structure is set up like:

/var/www/faq/phpmyfaq/...

where phpmyfaq is the folder extracted from the .zip

I was putting the attachments, images, data, config folders under faq, at the same level as phpmyfaq.

When I put them under phpmyfaq though, it all worked.
by mtitone
Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:55 pm
Forum: Webserver and configuration
Topic: Could not create or write to following directories
Replies: 4
Views: 6970

Re: Could not create or write to following directories

Yes, I delete everything under faq, transfer unzipped phpmyfaq folder to my server using winscp, move it to faq, make the attachments, data, config, and images folders, chmod -R 777 faq, chown -R www-data:www-data faq, I enter sudo service apache2 restart, and then browse to my server's installation...
by mtitone
Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:39 pm
Forum: Webserver and configuration
Topic: Could not create or write to following directories
Replies: 4
Views: 6970

Could not create or write to following directories

Hello, I know this is a popular question. I am getting the following error when I browse to http://[my server]/faq/phpmyfaq: The following directories could not be created or are not writable: - /attachments - /data - /images Please create them manually and/or change access to chmod 775 (or greater ...