erniel Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 :blink: this is the message i get at the top what do i do step by step please.Thanks Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/erniel/public_html/cat/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Reset the permissions (chmod) to 644 if you are still getting the warning message at the top set configure.php to 444 which is read only - this happens on some servers that have been updated for security reasons. For more info this is a good place to start. http://wiki.oscommerce.com/docs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniel Posted November 23, 2003 Author Share Posted November 23, 2003 How do i do that exactly. Thank you for your help i am new to this Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Well first I would have to know how did you upload the files to your site? If you used FTP you can go to cat/includes/configure.php and just right click on it then select chomd from the list. Then you will see a box pop up with 9 check boxes. Check the first 3 boxes across the top and leave the rest empty. Then click OK, this will set it to 444 and your done. You will have to do that for both configure.php files. One is located in: admn/includes/configure.php the other as you already now is located at cat/includes/configure.php If you did not upload the files with FTP and just used some other form of file manager from your host it might be easier just to ask them how to do it and where it is located in your file manager then it would be for me to try and explain it here because there are a few different types of file managers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniel Posted November 23, 2003 Author Share Posted November 23, 2003 i used fantastico to set it up from liverack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniel Posted November 23, 2003 Author Share Posted November 23, 2003 ok i changes boxes but it still wont work www.glazestore.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 With liverack you have C-panel Click this link to learn how to use it. Should be something in there to tell you how to do it. http://www.liverack.com/support/tutorials....singFileManager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I am experiencing the same error. I have changed from 755 to 644 with no change. I still have the error. I have tried to ChMOD to 777 and back to 444 with no luck. I still have the error on the site. I need help ASAP. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniel Posted November 24, 2003 Author Share Posted November 24, 2003 i have changed to the numbers in the file manager but they go back to the same numbers they wont change????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJones Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 I tried to use CPanel to change permissions and they wouldn't "stick". I'm not informed enough to know why, but SmartFTP seems to be able to do it. SmartFTP David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineguy Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Hi I am a newbie and have installed Oscommerce for 2 stores I am building with the same : Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /services/webpages/w/i/domainname.com/public/catalog/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file. I have set permissions to both 644 and 444 with no results. Anyone figure out what we need to do to solve this? Cheers! WineGuy Cheers! WineGuy wineGuy.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineguy Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Ok, I just got off the phone with my host and they say it is a bug in Oscommerce in the: application_top.php located in the includes file. His fix was to change one of the last lines at the bottom: From: define('WARN_CONFIG_WRITEABLE', 'true'); To: define('WARN_CONFIG_WRITEABLE', 'false'); Which makes sense to me. Both of my sites are working fine after this change and he mentioned it wasn't really a security problem. Any feed back? Cheers! WineGuy Cheers! WineGuy wineGuy.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 If it was a bug in osCommerce, then the code could be changed to stop throwing the warning. Instead, that solution just doesn't bother to check. The host may be correct that the file is not writeable...or he may not be. If he is correct, then he is apparently unable to configure PHP to correctly check the writability of a file (as that is all that is done to determine if the message should be printed--it's not complex enough to have intermittent bugs). I don't know about you, but I would find that worrying. Good luck, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniel Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 Hello EveryOne i emailed my host from liverack, They went in and changed one of the php pages and it works now he said he couldnt figure it out either but he fixed it. Thanks Everyone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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