merlin371 Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 I'm running my own linux server and i wanted to install oscommerce i was able to update the database but when i click continue to go to the next part it gives me this message The configuration files do not exist, or permission levels are not set. Please perform the following actions: cd /var/www/html/catalog/includes/ touch configure.php chmod 706 configure.php cd /var/www/html/catalog/admin//includes/ touch configure.php chmod 706 configure.php i don't know what to do thanks in adv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycrofts Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Hi Yep, the instructions look weird. But just type them exactly and you'll be OK..assuming you have rights to that directory. If you try the first instruction, and it throws you out with a terse 'permission denied' then you haven't got rights. You may need to be the 'superuser' (i.e., root) If it does throw you out, type su - and give your root password. The first instruction, 'touch' will create a zero-length file called configure.php. (If it perchance exists, it'll just set the file's date and time to the present) chmod 706 - that's slightly more involved to explain. You need a litle bit of binary arithmetic... The first "7" is giving read, execute, and write rights to the owner of the file - either you, or the oscommerce default user. the second 0 - denies all read/write/execute access to the group that user's in the third 6 gives read/write access to anyone else. That's it! -Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk2000 Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Did all those things that setup suggested. No luck. The conf files in includes/ and admin/includes/ have default values in them. so i changed them manually (databese parameters, http and local paths). Got the admin working and the first page displayed OK! All the links from the 1st page pointed to something like http://priit.reta.eedir_ws_http_catalogpro...d=22&osCsid=xxx the dir_ws_http_catalog comes from application_top.php. But for some reason that dir_ws_http_catalog was not replaced with /catalog/ Anyways, this seems to be a pretty common problem. I've seen it at least 6 topics in 2 forums. But no clue yet :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrobbio Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Yeah just to confirm that I'm getting the same issue as superuser. I'm just going to have to do it all manually. p.s. this is from clean install. Top Fun Websites .com - The place to find YOUR entertainment on the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 After you create the files and chmod, you are supposed to run the install again, so it can configure the files. Good luck, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk2000 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Could someone pleas list the files that are modified during the install. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 The 2 files that are modify during installation is: admin and catalog/includes/configure.php http://wiki.oscommerce.com/helpInstallNew HTH The_Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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