By dbc001 on

Just got Drupal running on a Mac OS X Server, but I'm getting some strange errors when I go to Administer -> Themes -> Configure:

    * warning: fopen(files/.htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /Library/WebServer/Documents/cms/includes/file.inc on line 117.
    * Security warning: Couldn't write .htaccess file. Please create a .htaccess file in your files directory which contains the following lines:
      SetHandler Drupal_Security_Do_Not_Remove_See_SA_2006_006
      Options None
      Options +FollowSymLinks

So, I try to add write permission for all users:

$ chmod a+w files/
$ ls -l
...
drwxrw-rw-    4 username  admin    136 Sep 13 13:53 files
...

Has anyone else gotten this error? Anyone know how to solve it? I'm a bit lost...

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xmacinfo’s picture

xmacinfo
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On the Mac you should use the Get Info window.

Click on the Files folder, do a Get info and in the detail portion of file permission make both Group and Others to read and write. If there are alteady files in this folder, apply the permission to all included elements. Il will catch the hidden .htaccess file.

I find this quicker than firing the Terminal.

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dbc001 commented

Still no luck:

$ cd files
$ chmod a+w .htaccess
$ ls -al
total 16
drwxrw-rw-    4 username  admin   136 Sep 13 13:53 .
drwxr-xr-x   25 username  admin   850 Sep 14 16:35 ..
-rw-rw-rw-    1 username  admin    94 Sep 13 13:52 .htaccess

I still get the same error when I go to Administer -> Themes -> Configure. Any ideas?

I don't actually have direct access to the machine (I'm SSHing into it).

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xmacinfo
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In SSH, open "vi" or any text editor and modify the "files" .htaccess file.

Make sure you have these 3 lines in the .htaccess file:

SetHandler Drupal_Security_Do_Not_Remove_See_SA_2006_006
Options None
Options +FollowSymLinks

Save the file and then do a chmod 644 on it.

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tofuComputer commented

I'm having the same issue - local is my Mac dev box and remote is my LAMP server.

I've also double-checked the permissions and have also double-checked that those three lines of code are in the .htaccess file. However, still no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tofu

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Sevenman8 commented

is there a video or a step by step tutorial on how to install on mac osx server. i have snow leopard and i'm about to lose my mind. i am new to macs,servers, and terminal but i have come pretty far. i have a mac pro tower with snow leopard server 10.6. i almost have webmin down but the tar.gz filke i cant seem to extract but im all over it. please if you can help can you give me a step by step for dummies? assuming i dont know anything. any links will help though i think i've seen em all. plus i got the cookbooks as well.

thanks