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I CAN'T change permissions...!!!


Negus

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After installation, I got this message:

 

Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /usr/buy/catalog/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file.

 

The problem is that my server (Apache) absolutely doesn't allows to change any permission on files (fixed to 664) and folders (fixed to 775). :stern:

 

How can I solve the problem?

 

Thanks a lot for any help!!!

Posted

Are you using a FTP client like SmartFTP to access your files, if so the file has to be in the right hand side of that particular browser to be able to change permissions.

Life is a highway!

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Hi Chris, and thanx for your suggestion, but....

 

:oops: Sorry for my poor english: When I say "I can't", I don't mean "I'm not able to"... What I mean is that I can't change permissions 'cause THIS IS A SPECIFIC RULE OF MY SERVER!!!

 

Folders permissions are automatically set to 775, and it's "forbidden" to change this value!... Files permissions are automatically set to 664, and it's "forbidden" to change this value! :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Sorry, I've had sites hosted on Apache servers, including my current ones, and not had a problem, it sounds like the server admin has set permissions? Ask your host to reset so that you can control your own domain!

Life is a highway!

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chris is right, if you cannot change any file permissions on your server then there is a problem, also in my experience, its not the web server, its the ftp server, as you are setting a file permission, which has nothing to do with what web server you are running, cos all a server does, it maps files and outputs them on a port (80) so people can access those files, all the rest is done via the browser....

of course php is slighty different, but we all know apache handles php nicely...

perhaps if you can access the files locally, i take it your server runs linux, you can type 'chmod file_name 777' or whatever permission you want to set....

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Thanks again but, again, there's a misunderstanding...

 

The host himself doesn't allow to change permissions!

 

It's a great service, the best I never found on the net: unlimited space, 10GB/monthly BW, php4, mysql, wap, chat, forum... all for free! But this is a cathegoric rule... ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO CHANGE PERMISSIONS!!!

 

So, considering that I don't want to change host :wink:,... Some other idea :?: :idea: :?:

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email the server admin, and tell him you want him to change the file permissions of one file, cos it is needed for security on your site, and say if you wont/dont is it a potential security threat for his server....

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Ask your host to change them, as it's absolutely necessary! I can't understand your hosts attitude, then again there's a reason it's free!

Life is a highway!

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So, if I understand, change this permission is "absolutely necessary!" :?

 

...There's really no other way :?: :?: :?:

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