Moved a site from one folder to another in my hosting - permission errors
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Hi,
I created a folder in my file system under my domain to develop a concrete5 site. I then moved it to the appropriate folder in my hosting (sub domain). It asked me to install, I did, got through all the tests except the dreaded permission one "Writable Files and Configuration Directories." I've contacted GoDaddy and they assure me that files, config and packages are all 777. I still get this error - even now in the old folder. I've done this process before and it worked. What am I missing, forgetting or need to do? Site is down - not good for the client.
Thanks.
I created a folder in my file system under my domain to develop a concrete5 site. I then moved it to the appropriate folder in my hosting (sub domain). It asked me to install, I did, got through all the tests except the dreaded permission one "Writable Files and Configuration Directories." I've contacted GoDaddy and they assure me that files, config and packages are all 777. I still get this error - even now in the old folder. I've done this process before and it worked. What am I missing, forgetting or need to do? Site is down - not good for the client.
Thanks.
Thank you. I was assured that, even though they couldn't run chmod -r 777, that everything in the site was set to 777. I started to check using fetch last night but at 1:30 I decided to crash. :-). I do know that /file and /concrete/packages and /concrete/conf if were set.
I'm thinking now to delete all in the directory, do a clean install of the version of concrete5 I need, copy over only the necessary directories (would need to review which I need), point to my existing database and see if that fixes it. Any faults with that plan that you see?
Again, thanks.
I'm thinking now to delete all in the directory, do a clean install of the version of concrete5 I need, copy over only the necessary directories (would need to review which I need), point to my existing database and see if that fixes it. Any faults with that plan that you see?
Again, thanks.
seems a drastic reaction to wipe and clean install, but as long as you make sure you have a complete backup first you can always go back to the original.
I have done this solution as you are suggesting before:
- clean install
- copy required files
- point to original DB
- manually re config (point to the right database)
Good Luck.
I have done this solution as you are suggesting before:
- clean install
- copy required files
- point to original DB
- manually re config (point to the right database)
Good Luck.
Hi and thanks.
What are the required files?
What are the required files?
So tonight I created a Automater script to use Fetch to change everything under my domain root to have permissions of 777. I am still getting the error "The config/, packages/ and files/ directories must be writable by your web server."
I've not yet tried my mac-truck solution of deleting everything (since I have a copy of the entire site) under my root, doing a fresh install of 5.6.3.1, pointing it to my existing database, copying over files... (followinghttp://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/installation/moving-a...
Any additional hints or ideas before I crank up the mac-truck fix?
Thanks.
Thank you!
I've not yet tried my mac-truck solution of deleting everything (since I have a copy of the entire site) under my root, doing a fresh install of 5.6.3.1, pointing it to my existing database, copying over files... (followinghttp://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/installation/moving-a...
Any additional hints or ideas before I crank up the mac-truck fix?
Thanks.
Thank you!
SOLUTION
I zipped up the site and downloaded it to my desktop.
I cleared the site (deleted everything under root).
I created a temp database to use for re-installation of concrete5.
I reinstalled my version of concrete5 pointing to the temp database.
I edited the site.php to point to my real/existing database.
The only odd thing was that images were not showing. To fix this I simply edited the pages, clicked on the image to edit it (which caused the image to show in edit mode) and then saved and published.
All is well now.
Thanks!
I zipped up the site and downloaded it to my desktop.
I cleared the site (deleted everything under root).
I created a temp database to use for re-installation of concrete5.
I reinstalled my version of concrete5 pointing to the temp database.
I edited the site.php to point to my real/existing database.
The only odd thing was that images were not showing. To fix this I simply edited the pages, clicked on the image to edit it (which caused the image to show in edit mode) and then saved and published.
All is well now.
Thanks!
I would FTP to your server yourself and check the permissions of the folders that way.
Also confirm the PHP version is the same I have had issues with that moving servers before.