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druesome · 11-04-2003, 09:03 AM

In all fairness, it does say in the documentation:

...set the file permissions to writable on the following directories, for the suid Apache server is running :

[PHPDIG_DIR]/text_content
[PHPDIG_DIR]/include
[PHPDIG_DIR]/admin/temp

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Setting a file or folder to writable means to CHMOD it to 777. But I think it would be a better idea to mention the CHMOD 777 in the document to prevent anyone from overlooking it.

CHMOD 777 will allow you to 'write' into the connect.php script the required information to connect to your database. If it is not 'writable', then basically your install script will fail, and no information will help you connect to your SQL database.

11-04-2003, 09:03 AM	#7
druesome Orange Mole Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 30	In all fairness, it does say in the documentation: ...set the file permissions to writable on the following directories, for the suid Apache server is running : [PHPDIG_DIR]/text_content [PHPDIG_DIR]/include [PHPDIG_DIR]/admin/temp ----------- Setting a file or folder to writable means to CHMOD it to 777. But I think it would be a better idea to mention the CHMOD 777 in the document to prevent anyone from overlooking it. CHMOD 777 will allow you to 'write' into the connect.php script the required information to connect to your database. If it is not 'writable', then basically your install script will fail, and no information will help you connect to your SQL database.