[Xerte] webtools installation

[Becky Kinney]

[Xerte] webtools installationWell, 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.

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?

Becky
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patrick Lockley 
  To: Xerte discussion list 
  Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:52 PM
  Subject: RE: [Xerte] webtools installation


  Hello,

  Thanks for the interest.

  The installer sets no folder or file permissions - I wouldn't do that as it strikes me as bad practice.

  Are you getting write errors, or errors setting permissions before you install? 

  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). 

  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.

  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.

  If any one can shed any light on what happens with chmod on PHP / IIS please let me know.


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  From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Becky Kinney
  Sent: Thu 16/04/2009 21:09
  To: Xerte Listserv
  Subject: [Xerte] webtools installation


  Hi,

  I'm brand new to Xerte, and am having trouble installing Web Tools. I have a
  hosting account at BlueHost, and I get a page full of php errors when I try
  to follow the installation instructions. One hint may be that BlueHost seems
  pretty aggressive about re-setting folder permissions. It really doesn't
  like 0777! When I tried to view phpinfo.php I saw a message saying that
  dangerous write permissions had been fixed!

  Is there a not too overwhelming manual installation procedure I might try?

  Becky

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