By AngelicLight on

Hi, there,

I am trying to install D7 on my VPS and I got the typical "settings.php file is missing" because, doh, I forgot to copy the default.settings.php and upload it.

So I did that, changed the permissions to 777 in FIlezilla (FTP) and it's still saying it's missing.

I'm sure this is obvious, but I'm just missing it.

Thanks so much for any help, everyone, and have a good day,

- (A/L)

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jscoble commented

It'd be helpful if you could supply the install path of the Drupal site being served up and the path of the file you modified via FTP. What control panel software you are using might also be helpful.

In general:
Typically the folders you are viewing when you FTP in are those that are in your home directory, ~username. For security reasons, a user will often not be able to browse beyond their home directory via ftp. This is different than the directory that is used by the webserver to serve up sites which is often /etc/www/ or some variation thereof.

You might be able to make the changes necessary via your control panel.

Or, you could try using Putty, or some other SSH tool to access your vps and browse the directories/change permissions. In order to do it with this method you will need to have SSH access along with the ability to SUDO.