By supras on

My site is www.forumsor.no, and my ISP did the installation. Thus, I'm afraid I completely blank as to what was done, and especially when it comes to fixing errors.

Under the "Settings" > "File system settings" tab is this error message:

Warning: mkdir(files): Permission denied in /home/sites/forumsor.no/www/includes/file.inc on line 91.

The directory files does not exist.

Can anybody of you experienced guys out there please tell me: (a) where to create the File System Path, (2) how to do it, and (3) about any naming rules for setting up the File System Path.

Thanks, Lars

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sign commented

You should have also ftp account.
Login to your site via ftp. Go to directory www/ where you have installed drupal, try to create directory named files.
If it will allow you to create this directory than change permissions to 755 (you can do it with command: 'chmod 755' (http://drupal.org/node/84077) on this dir)
than try again to go to settings page and everything should be ok...

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supras commented

Yes, the ISP did provide for FTP access. However, the FTP link takes me directly to the site http://www.forumsor.no. The implication would seem to be that it is possible to navigate from the home page to the www/ directory. That I certainly do not know how to do! Can someone enlighten me, please?

Lars T. Soeftestad
Supras Consult, www.supras.biz
Kristiansand, Norway

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libertyonline commented

Go to your ISP's control panel

within your control panel, there is a icon for File Manager. Click on that and manuver your way to the directory that has your drup files. Look for the Files folder and then you can make the folder writeable (755)

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libertyonline commented

i through the FTP I chmod to 755, logout and back into my drupal admin and i still get an error message

The directory files is not writable

could something else be wrong?

thanks

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supras commented

I figured it out, and Drupal is now duly installed and working. Thanks for the advice, Marek! As well for the link about chmod. It seems that the only acceptable permissions is "777" (which I understand means less security).

Now for creating some content...

Lars T. Soeftestad
Supras Consult, www.supras.biz
Kristiansand, Norway