Problems Setting Permissions for index.php

[Lunetta]

Error: I can not write to this file. Please set the right user permissions on: /home/okulture/public_html/osCommerce/admin/includes/languages/english/index.php

 

This is the error message I get wihen I try to edit the index.php file with the osCommerce Admin tools File Manager. I have looked through the Wiki documentation and followed the instructions for setting the permissions for this (and other) files using cPanel, but I still get this error message and cannot edit the file. I've tried a few different permissions settings to see if it makes any difference but it doesn't seem to.

 

What am I doing wrong???

 

:huh:

[241]

it is better to use an ftp program such as ws_ftp to download the file to a local machine for editing then ftp up to the server as there are known issues with using the online file manager to edit files, one such issue is the removal of \ backslashes from the code which will give you a parse error, this error is a very common one especially when editing the index.php to change the text.

 

What permission settings did you try.

[AlanR]

There is a very cool free tool available at

 

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/fileman/index.htm

 

It lets you edit files on the server, copy, move, set permissions, run shell commands and lots more. It's a five minute install.

 

One tip though, when it presents its install screen change its images directory to somewhere outside cgi-bin otherwise you won't see its images and icons. Other than that its a real simple install.

[Lunetta]

Thanks guys for your input. :)

 

After I posted the original question a few little cogs started turning in the old noggin and wouldn't you know it I finally figured it out by myself. I'm ashamed to think I couldn't see me mistake before :rolleyes: