By LucyD on

Hi all,

At work I run Drupal on Windows XP pro using WAMP and all is perfect, but I have just installed Vista ultimate on my PC at home and how I can't install drupal at all? I get the:

The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the installation process.

1. Copy the ./sites/default/default.settings.php file to ./sites/default/settings.php.
2. Change file permissions so that it is writable by the web server. If you are unsure how to grant file permissions, please consult the on-line handbook.

More details about installing Drupal are available in INSTALL.txt.

What fixed this problem for me on XP was just to right click and set the permissions for the drupal folder and that was it, however with Vista when I right click my windows folder that holds all my drupal files I see that the "read only" is checked so when I uncheck it and say "apply" the installation still gives the me the same error as above, so I went back to check the permissions agian and the "read only" was still checked and even though I have unclicked it a 100 times it still wont be unchecked? I have full permissions for my folders and for my users so that's ok.

I understand this is more of a windows vista problem rather than a drupal problem, does anyone have an answer for this? Can I maybe by-pass the permissions check?

Thanks for any help!
Lucy

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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deshilachado’s picture

deshilachado commented

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/en-us

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LucyD commented

Thanks deshilachado, but that did not work... Can I by pass the "Verify requirements" under the drupal installation? I have search around and can't seem to find that many people that have this problem and use Drupal and Vista together.

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deshilachado commented

I wouldn't recommend bypassing the drupal permission check, as this is important for security.
You could try and copy your folder to a pendrive or external disk that is formatted in FAT32, that should remove some permisssion settings from the files & folders. Then copy back.
As you said, this is more a Windows problem, so you might have better chances to find a solution searching the internet than in the the Drupal forums. And if you find a solution, remeber to post it here.

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LucyD commented

hi deshilachado, I have just copied it over to my pen drive (FAT32) and removed the "read only" but as soon as I click apply and then right click it again Vista has marked the folder with "read only" again, I think this is an error in windows vista. I am only going to work with Drupal on my Localhost and no one else is connected to my network so if I am the only person using my localhost can't I remove the permission check?

The only other option I have is to upload it to my web server but that would be a pain as I would have to upload all my templates everytime I make a change.

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deshilachado commented

sorry, i don't know how to remove the permission check and still wouldn't recommend it.
anyway, this seems to be a windows issue, not drupal, and should be solved in windows.
i just googled for "vista read only" and there are thousands of threads about this.

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LucyD commented

Anyways, just so you know I even tool my pen drive to a friends house, and she has XP - changed the read only but still does not work. So it is a vista bug. But thank you for all the help ;)

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einsteinsboi commented

Have you tried running the Drupal install anyway?

Not sure why you're having this problem. Here's what I do: I have WAMP on my Vista machine and run several Drupal 5 and 6 test sites on it with no issues.

I do the Drupal setup, create my database, and then I make a copy of the sites/default/default.settings.php file and rename it as sites/default/settings.php. You need both files there.

That works for me, I don't need to change any permissions on the settings.php file to make it work.

Either way, I suspect you'd be able to change the permissions if you used an FTP client. I use fireftp and if I need to change any permissions on any file on my Vista machine for the webserver I use fireftp to do it.

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LucyD commented

Hi einsteinsboi,
I am running more or less the same setup as you so, the problem is that Drupal can't write to my setup as it gives me that permissions error. On XP I just right clicked and then gave my drupal folder permissions (removed the read only check box) then all worked, but then on Vista the check box is still there and won't go away.

I also used FileZilla to upload my files to my server then gave them permissons then downloaded them again but again the installation won't continue. The settings files are fine as I have changed it like you have above.

God I hate windows sometimes :P

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LucyD commented

YES I did it!! Yay I now have Drupal 6 on Vista running under WAMP. This is how I did it if someone ever has this problem.

1) Download Drupal 5.x
2) Download Drupal 6.x
3) Install Drupal 5.x
4) Then update 5.x to Drupal 6.x

Thanks all :)

Thats again guys for all your help!

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yanndoignon commented

I had exactly the same problem and I followed your advice!!! Thanks so much after two sleepless nights!!!

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Logi Khoo commented

Hey LucyD, why not use XAMPP?

I've got it working on vista.
XAMPP
Simple install of Drupal on XAMPP

Hope this helps!
Logi

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hariabinash commented

Well guys .. I am still unable to figure it out why drupal is not working in Windows Vista Ultimate ( No SP1) + WAMP + Rectified PHP setup.ini file. I followed every possible combination to make it work but of no use probably I might missing something somewhere.

But I am able to run drupal 6.10 in Windows Vista through Java Virtual Box (Quite light weight and easy to configure, best till yet i think ) with Win XP+WAMP installed.

Well I know this probably not the right solution but I kinda happy ( couldn't wait for a proper solution ) to run it within my Vista environment... :D

And make sure you increase the data handling capacity to more than 8 MB in PHP setup.ini for error free installation

Hope this solution might help some of you out there facing the similar situation like me. I am basically a web graphics designer currently in to drupal theming.

cheers

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ofaolain1 commented

Many thanks for your comment Einsteinsboi - it worked first time - I had forgotten to keep the default.settings.php file