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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'>Try pasting this php into a file on the server.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'> $fp = fopen(“helloworld.txt”,”w+”);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'> fwrite($fp, “Hello
world”);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'> fclose($fp);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Then look at who owns this file – this should be the account
your web server is running as. This is the owner you should switch to. Your FTP
client should tell you who the owner is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chown">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chown</a>
Is the wikipedia page on chown. Turns out it might have restrictions on who can
use the command.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'>Looks like the command would be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>chown –r whatevernameyourserveraccountis
fullpathtoyourtoolkitsfolder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>hope this helps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Becky Kinney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 17 April 2009 02:08<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xerte] webtools installation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Becky</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;background:#E4E4E4'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:Patrick.Lockley@nottingham.ac.uk"
title="Patrick.Lockley@nottingham.ac.uk">Patrick Lockley</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk"
title="xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte discussion list</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:52 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> RE: [Xerte] webtools installation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for the interest.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The installer sets no folder or file
permissions - I wouldn't do that as it strikes me as bad practice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are you getting write errors, or errors
setting permissions before you install? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If any one can shed any light on what happens
with chmod on PHP / IIS please let me know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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>
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