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Hi,
I just installed cmsms 1.11.7, set the right attributes (777) to the folders modules and uploads, and made sure php safe mode is off.

However, I cannot install any modules, having cmsms saying (in a warning popup) "the rights aren't set" on extensions>modules, and the same + "maybe safe mode is on" in extensions>module manager.

Since both this isnt the case, I was wondering anyone of you could help me out finding the solution.

A big thanks in advance!

Vincent

NB: the solution was a bit rare, maybe interesting though. Check my last post next page.

Make sure those rights are set recursively

Allthough I can't find a specific switch to do it recursively, I think I did so, all the subfolders have got the same settings.

Maybe it's good to state that I didn't have these problems with earlier versions of CMSMS.

I was wondering, could it be that something that wasn't uploaded well causes this?

Thanks!

You are Dutch, isn't?
Read this Dutch post on file owner issues.
Might be relevant to your problem.

Grtz. Rolf

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for the reply. Yep, Dutch I am. Did you forget the place the link to the post you're referring too?

Thanks, Vincent

oh wait, I thought that was your footer . Checking that out now.

hmmm,
Brilliant to have all that in Dutch, thanks for setting that up.
But I can't find the particular post on file owner issues. Can you place a direct link?

Thanks, Vincent

Oops, here it is
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... 52&t=45569

Thanks,
That brought us a bit closer. I changed config and the Umask settings without results. The filemanager is able to write in the directories though, a helpful tip, cause it couldnt write in the lib dir, f.e.

Therefore it seems to me there's something wrong with the modules and module manager. First check if everything is really uploaded, and then get back to you.

Perhaps you might want to change the link in your article, it doesnt work anymore. Here's the right one: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... =52&t=8505

Make sure those rights are set recursively

It's been said before. If ONE FILE or subdirectory in the modules directory has the wrong permissions then you cannot upgrade/install any module.

And perhaps even the uploads directory too.

I've checked each file of the modules, of admin, lib etc. but they all seam to be there complete.

I've come to the point to ask the host to check who's the owner, and set them equal to the one that owns/runs httpd.

But I'm doubting that as a solution. Why can I place files in uploads (and in modules) with the filemanager if this could be a solution?

Anyone with a bright moment?

Hi Calguy,
Thanks for replying, there was indeed an index.html file with 644 rights. I changed that and the contents of uploads to 777. But unfortunately without result.

All the folders in modules are 777, although the contents aren't all.
Do you think I need to change that too?

Yes.

Most admin panels or a decent FTP client (Filezilla for example) have the option to set permissions recursively to folders as well as files.

ok,
I just did that with filezilla, since doing only modules didnt work, I tried uploads as well. Without result. So I thought: why not do tmp/cache and tmp/templates_c as well.

In Templates_c, I wasn't able to change the files from 644 to 777. Probably this is an owners thing. Could this be a clue?