Installation Help: Write Permissions Set But Not Recognized!
tonyp001 - January 31, 2008 - 21:03
I've installed Drupal before, but now I'm trying to setup a Drupal site on a different server and I'm running into a weird problem.
When I run the install script I get:
"The Drupal installer requires write permissions to ./sites/default/settings.php during the installation process."
But when I change the permissions to 777 and go back to the installer, it gives me the same error! I'm not sure how to move forward with this and I'm hoping someone can give me some advice.
Thanks in advance.
What about the directories
What about the directories further up the tree from settings.php? Are they all writable and executable (= openable)?
Problem caused by URL?
I appreciate the response.
I think I found out what caused my problem. I was installing Drupal on a server without apache access, so instead of installing from the actual URL, I used the IP address and the directory name (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/directoryname). Once I got apache access and was able to create a URL, my problem went way.