File Permissions

heebiejeebieclu's picture

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I'm having trouble with my web server. When i try to install exponent, it says that stuff 'isn't writable', yet i have the folders set to 757.

What's going wrong and what can i do?

timjpriebe's picture

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Not sure without more info, but whenever I install stuff, I change it to 777, then just change it back to the most restrictive possible while still letting the program do its thing.

757 does mean that its not group writable. That's the only permission left off, so maybe that's how the installation is trying to access it.

heebiejeebieclu's picture

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  <img src="http://www.christyrush.co.uk/portal/install/images/logo-installer.png" alt="" class="bb-image" />
      <img src="http://www.christyrush.co.uk/portal/install/images/blocks.png" alt="" class="bb-image" /> Sanity Checks
 

Exponent requires that several permissions be set correctly in order to operate. Sanity checks are being run right now to ensure that the web server directory you wish to install Exponent in is suitable.

  <strong>The following errors were encountered:</strong>
  Configuration file (conf/config.php) is not writable.
The view compilation directory (modules/addressbookmodule/views_c) for addressbookmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/administrationmodule/views_c) for administrationmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/calendarmodule/views_c) for calendarmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/contactmodule/views_c) for contactmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/containermodule/views_c) for containermodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/filemanager/views_c) for filemanager is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/htmltemplatemodule/views_c) for htmltemplatemodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/imagemanagermodule/views_c) for imagemanagermodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/inboxmodule/views_c) for inboxmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/info/views_c) for info is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/loginmodule/views_c) for loginmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/navigationmodule/views_c) for navigationmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/newsmodule/views_c) for newsmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/previewmodule/views_c) for previewmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/resourcesmodule/views_c) for resourcesmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/textmodule/views_c) for textmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/weblogmodule/views_c) for weblogmodule is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (modules/workflow/views_c) for workflow is not writable by the web server
The view compilation directory (themes/corporatetheme/modules/loginmodule/views_c) is not writable
The view compilation directory (themes/corporatetheme/modules/navigationmodule/views_c) is not writable
The view compilation directory (themes/corporatetheme/modules/textmodule/views_c) is not writable
Theme root view compilation directory (themes/defaulttheme/views_c) is not writable.
The view compilation directory (themes/personaltheme/modules/administrationmodule/views_c) is not writable
The view compilation directory (themes/personaltheme/modules/navigationmodule/views_c) is not writable
The view compilation directory (themes/portaltheme/modules/textmodule/views_c) is not writable



<strong>Note:</strong> For permission errors (files or directories that are not writable / not readable) it is usually best to make sure that the Exponent files were uncompressed with options (-xzvpf) to preserve file permissions.

  After you have corrected the above errors, click <a href="http://www.christyrush.co.uk/portal/install/install.php?page=sanity" class="bb-url">here</a> to run these environment checks again.
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And I'm pretty sure everything's 777

teammatt3's picture

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What cms are you trying to install?

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