By robhamm on

EDIT: It was two issues--One was a permissions problem (DOH!)

But even after that was resolved, installing modules via the link kept taking me to a page wanting me to confirm file system changes--which threw me 505s when I entered the information it asked for. I created two new directories (one for temp files and one for private downloads) at ~/ and plugged that info into the file system settings. Voila! No more errors.

Original issue:
Earlier today I was able to install Views via the "install new module" link on the modules page of a Drupal 7.x beta 2 installation. Now when I attempt this on a different account on the same server, I get the following when I attempt to install Views:
File temporary://update-extraction/views/ already exists and is write protected

As a test, I tried installing a different module--Administration Menu--using that method, and got the following errors:
* The specified file temporary://filezhfuMD could not be copied, because the destination directory is not properly configured. This may be caused by a problem with file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.
* http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/admin_menu-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz could not be saved to temporary://update-cache/admin_menu-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz.
* Unable to retrieve Drupal project from http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/admin_menu-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz.

I have tried to find the directory mentioned in the error messages, but to no avail. My installation is nested as follows ~/0sandbox1/blog7sand1

Before I start messing with everything (and possibly breaking things worse), I figured I should ask for help, as I assume I must be missing something fairly simple. I have a few redirects in my .htaccess file, but I wouldn't think that would affect this.
Help?

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Comments

mosk’s picture

mosk commented

Hey - I'm getting the same error message even after changing my permissions. COuld you explain how you solved things in more detail? Thanks.

christopher james francis rodgers’s picture

christopher james francis rodgers commented

2011.06.06

DO NOT Use "~". Do NOT use "/....."

All you really need to do if you are having problems is to remove the forward-slash ("/") from "/tmp"
and specify 

tmp 

only at --> [Your-D7-root-home] » Administration » Configuration » Media: File system » Temporary directory.

See http://drupal.org/node/1106492#comment-4562780 for more details if you want them.

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Unfortunately I can not change my earlier posts below that have been replied to.


All the best; intended.
-Chris (great-grandpa.com)
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christopher james francis rodgers’s picture

christopher james francis rodgers commented

The solution for me was simply..
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Go to 'Configuration' > 'Media' > 'File System'
[*root*]/admin/config/media/file-system
and change the 'Temporary directory' from
/tmp to /tmp3

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.2011.03.26 - I updated this post to refine the work-around solution.

See http://drupal.org/node/1106492 for all the details.


All the best; intended.
-Chris (great-grandpa.com)
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"The number one stated objective for Drupal is improving usability." ~Dries Buytaert *

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philosurfer commented

or whatever your real temp directory is....
not every one is "/tmp3"

cpanels usually list this in the left column...

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christopher james francis rodgers’s picture

christopher james francis rodgers commented

DO NOT Use "~". Do NOT use "/....."

All you really need to do if you are having problems is to remove the forward-slash ("/") from "/tmp"
and specify 

tmp 

only at --> [Your-D7-root-home] » Administration » Configuration » Media: File system » Temporary directory.

See http://drupal.org/node/1106492#comment-4562780 for more details if you want them.


All the best; intended.
-Chris (great-grandpa.com)
___
"The number one stated objective for Drupal is improving usability." ~Dries Buytaert *