Permissions conflict

[uberzilla]

Hello,

 

I am a newb to OScommerce. I have succesfully loaded it.

 

The problem is with the permissions. If I set the permissions for the catalog includes for anything other then 700 - 775 (no security) as opposed to the instructions which say 644 and below all yield the errors below:

 

Warning: main(includes/application_top.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in

catalogue3/oscommerce-2.2ms2-051113/catalog/index.php on line 13

 

Warning: main(includes/application_top.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in catalogue3/oscommerce-2.2ms2-051113/catalog/index.php on line 13

 

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/application_top.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in catalogue3/oscommerce-2.2ms2-051113/catalog/index.php on line 13

 

I contacted my host's tech support and they recommended a setting of 444. This however, as stated above, produces the same resulting errors.

 

Server info:

 

Server OS: Linux

Database: MySQL 4.0.27

HTTP Server: Apache

PHP Version: 4.4.3-dev (Zend: 1.3.0)

 

I will do some testing to see if I can get it, however I am severly pressed for time. If anyone has an answer - my thanks in advance.

[ozcsys]

What instructions said to change the permissions on the includes folder to 644?

[uberzilla]

What instructions said to change the permissions on the includes folder to 644?

 

 

You are right. I miss read. It is for the Admin/includes/config.

 

Pg 9 > recommendation for shared server > Rest permission on catalog/admin/includes.

 

Further experimentation showed that 444 setting on the catalog/includes/config did the trick!!! :thumbsup: That is; solved my security problem and allowed the rest to work properly.

 

Now they just need a more exited emoticon here...LOL.

 

Thanks for the speedy response.