SOLVED New install of CMSMS - 'Directory not writable'

[robinmarek]

I'm installing 1.5.4 of CMSMS (because I'm moving servers and the previous version is 1.5.4 I wanted to use the same to avoid complications)

Anyway, I've uploaded all the files, no problems there, and I've gone to mydomain.co.uk/install and I've instantly got this:

"Directory not writable! /customersites/9/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.co.uk/httpdocs/tmp/templates_c
Please correct by executing: chmod 777 or set writing permission for php process, exiting!"

I'm imagining this is to do with the hosting but I'm not sure what to email them as I'm not sure what the issue is I'm having? Any ideas?

[Rolf]

Hi Robinmarek,

With your ftp software you can change the permissions of the folder /tmp/templates_c to 777.
You don't need to contact your ISP.

Rolf

[Fraserm]

Hi,

You need to read the installation documentation.

http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... ck_Install

If you do you'll see that you need to set the permissions of several directories to 777 and your config.php file to 666 (only during install, should be set to 444 after).

CHMOD isn't something you need to contact your host for, you can do it by right clicking on a directory in your FTP client and clicking "File Permissions", "CHMOD" or similar. That is assuming you're installing on a Linux host...

Remember copied directories (if you did that) don't copy their permissions settings.

[robinmarek]

Ohhhh DOH, what a silly billy 

I've done this loads of times, but usually when I upload to FTP the permissions have been set... sorry, having a bad day... don't ask!