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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). </FONT></DIV>
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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 mailing list<BR>Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><A href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>