brimsjewelry Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 According to the installation instructions, I chmod this file to 644. However I continue to receive this error message at the top of the screen: Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /myserver/catalog/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file Anyone know how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Try setting it to 755, or 777 if that doesn;t work...and then setting it back to 644 after installaton is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimsjewelry Posted February 16, 2003 Author Share Posted February 16, 2003 Thanks for the idea but it didn't work. I still get the error message. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waza04 Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Are you refreshing your browser? Ctrl + F5??? Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimsjewelry Posted February 16, 2003 Author Share Posted February 16, 2003 Yes I have refreshed the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 I have exactly the same problem. I would really like to know how to fix this also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethp Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I have the same problem as the one described here. Searching for more information. I've had my catalog working for months, tried to manually update my configure.php file with a new MYSQL password. Couldn't copy over the existing configure.php, so I renamed the existing one, and uploaded the new one. Since then I've had the problem, even after changing all the permissions, and trying a fresh install. seth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethp Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Found a "fix" in this topic: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34138 Not sure if 444 is a good thing, but it worked. seth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I have tried this but it still doesn't work for me. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimsjewelry Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 This didn't work for me either. However, I noticed that when I try to change the permissions for that file, it fails to do so. It automatically reverts to 664 no matter how many times I chmod it. This is crazy and frustrating! I'm using cute ftp. Anybody have an idea? Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 If you are CHMODing and the permissions aren't "taking" ...you're not the "owner" of the file. You need to fix that first. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimsjewelry Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 Ok, how do I change ownership? Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimsjewelry Posted February 19, 2003 Author Share Posted February 19, 2003 I have installed the new 2.2 release and I still have the same error message showing up. I tried chmod with Cuteftp and wsftp and still no success in changing it. It simply reverts to 644 every time. I'll give a dollar to the one who can solve this for me! Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brimsjewelry Posted February 19, 2003 Author Share Posted February 19, 2003 I finally figured it out! It seems it is a common practice for service providers to put a block on ftp accounts prohibiting changing file permissions to 444 or 000. All you have to do is request that your service provider change the permissions for you. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Jason, Have you given any thought to doing a google search for a tutorial on changing file permissions and ownership? There are lots of resources besides this forum. Here's one to get you started: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_9.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Hey, I removed the pink warning by using this chmod ugo-w configure.php This worked. Is it correct? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Does everything else still work? If so then you did ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Use FLASH FXP from Tucows, free for 30 days and by far the best utility I have ever seen bar none. I downloaded files at up to 10KBits per second in the horrible internet areas of Russia and Turkey. It does CHMOD like a breeze, shows hidden files, does mirroring, it is a champ! Also read carefully the OSCDOX.com and there is a list of all the files/directories to CHMOD. :P :P :P jAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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