New boy - permission problems pre-install!

Intruder · Post by **Intruder** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:58 am

Hi everyone,

I hope someone can help me. I've had a read through the forum but don't see an answer to this particular problem.

Everything on my pre-sinatll check seems fine, with the exception that
I have the following text in the Permissions box:

Permissions
/home/envigour/envigour-www/blog/ Not writable

Now, I changed the name from serendipity to blog on my site, so it'll live at http://www.envigour.com/blog

I can't actually see a file called /home/envigour/envigour-www/blog/, although the directory and all subdirs are definitely in envigour.com/blog

Am I totally scr*wing this up before I've even started, or have I just missed something basic?

If it makes any difference, I'm using v0.8.1 and using Cuteftp Pro 7 to load the files.

Many thanks in advance!!

Post by **garvinhicking** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:58 pm

You must do what the box tells you - use your FTP utility to set 777 write permissions to that "blog" subdirectory.

Regards,
Garvin

Intruder · Post by **Intruder** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:12 pm

Hi Garvin,

My apologies, I didn't make my OP clear.

I have tried to do this but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working.

In Cuteftp, I click on the /blog directory, and then set CHMOD to 777 for the blog directory. This seems to work OK according to the ftp dialog box, but when I refresh the installation check page for Serendipity it still shows the settings as incorrect.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:32 pm

The it seems to be a problem of your FTP client or how your Directory structure/Server permissions are setup.

You can usually get a "ls -la" output from FTP clients that tell you the permissions of the directory; if Serendipty tells you it's not 777, then it definitely isn't 777

Maybe you can try SmartFTP and see if that works out?

Regards
Garvin

CapriSkye · Post by **CapriSkye** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:41 am

i've heard changing permission using ftp programs doesn't really change it. are you able to chmod on the server?

tired_one · Post by **tired_one** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:57 am

I'm not very familiar with CuteFTP, but I do know that SmartFTP will allow you to chmod your directories and files - provided the account you are logged in with allows that.

In SmartFTP, its a simple matter of right clicking your directory or file and choosing Properties/CHMOD and then applying whatever settings you want.

New boy - permission problems pre-install!

New boy - permission problems pre-install!

Re: New boy - permission problems pre-install!

Use SmartFTP if you can't SSH to your server