I'm trying to install drupal 6.12, using a mac, through cPanel's file manager with web host hotdrupal. Created MySQL database with user admin. Downloaded drupal to my computer, uploaded & extracted it using file manager. Copied default.settings to settings, changed permissions to 777. Still getting error message:
"The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the installation process.
Copy the ./sites/default/default.settings.php file to ./sites/default/settings.php.
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."
I have tried going into the file and manually changing $db_url = 'mysqli://username:password@localhost/databasename'; to my username, password, and databasename. Tried doing that also using mywebaddress_username and mywebaddress_databasename. Still no luck. Tried using server IP in place of localhost. No luck.
Any ideas what else I might try?
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Just checking... (I'm on a
Just checking... (I'm on a mac too)
When you say "Copied default.settings to settings, changed permissions to 777", that was "default.settings.php" copied to "settings.php", correct?
I don't know your technical expertise level, and I've encountered some individuals that leave off the file extension because they have it hidden by their OS and simply aren't aware of it...
sorry if that was a dumb question.
The error message is generated when the system can't find the settings.php file... are you sure the settings.php file you created and gave permissions of 777 is inside your sites/default directory, on your host?
If you want, you can just have a blank, writable file with the name settings.php and the setup/installer will correctly fill it with the right guts.
-Blake
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