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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I followed the instructions for the full
install, which included setting a lot of folders to 777 in advance, which I did.
Trouble seems to be that the server is setting them back. I can send you a copy
paste of the errors the next time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It actually does make sense to me that there might
have been ownership issues. I remember seeing some odd usernames in the error
page. I'm pretty sure I can get shell access, but I'm not sure how to change
owners once I'm in. I only know a handful of unix commands. Also, which owner
should I switch to? There seems to be a default name that was assigned to my
account behind the scenes, as well as the name I use to log in to the control
panel. If the server is treating me as the wrong one when I'm in the xerte setup
folder, what should I do?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Becky</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Patrick.Lockley@nottingham.ac.uk
href="mailto:Patrick.Lockley@nottingham.ac.uk">Patrick Lockley</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:52
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] webtools
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the interest.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The installer sets no folder or file
permissions - I wouldn't do that as it strikes me as bad
practice.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are you getting write errors, or errors
setting permissions before you install? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you're doing the full install, which
hopefully you are if you are using a server then it lists the folder
permissions you should set before starting. I don't know enough Unix sysadmin
to be precise, but based on the theory it is only the web account that needs
to use the user-files and import folders you might be ok just setting the
rights for the account the webserver runs as (usually apache if its 0777).
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>0700 should work if thats better - but
you may find that your logging in account is a different account to that of
the web server - you might be able to use the change owner command if you are
using a server and can get shell access.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use 777 as its easier to rectify
any problems and makes making changes easier. There is scope for improving the
chmod values i've used, but I am not sure how reliable the PHP chmod command
is on windows servers so have been reluctant to use it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>If any one can shed any light on what
happens with chmod on PHP / IIS please let me know.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on
behalf of Becky Kinney<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 16/04/2009 21:09<BR><B>To:</B>
Xerte Listserv<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] webtools
installation<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hi,<BR><BR>I'm brand new to Xerte, and am having trouble
installing Web Tools. I have a<BR>hosting account at BlueHost, and I get a
page full of php errors when I try<BR>to follow the installation instructions.
One hint may be that BlueHost seems<BR>pretty aggressive about re-setting
folder permissions. It really doesn't<BR>like 0777! When I tried to view
phpinfo.php I saw a message saying that<BR>dangerous write permissions had
been fixed!<BR><BR>Is there a not too overwhelming manual installation
procedure I might
try?<BR><BR>Becky<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Xerte
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