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Installed mods not working?

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Ashelia:
According to the file permissions page in admin panel, only 777 and 666 seem to be acceptable. I've tried 755 and 775. And yet it still does not work.

I almost want to give up now tbh. =p

I have not contacted my host yet, should I just ask them if I'm the 'owner' of all folders and files?

Stanyy:
Check your Packages folder to make sure the mods are actually there. You may also download them to be sure they contain files.
If they are present... well... the only option for now would be to install the mods manually. I had the same problem with my themes.

Ashelia:
What do you mean by installing them manually? Uploading and editing files etc without using the Package Manager? Sounds tricky, especially if I want to install large mods.

MrPhil:

--- Quote from: Ashelia on April 30, 2012, 01:12:55 AM ---According to the file permissions page in admin panel, only 777 and 666 seem to be acceptable.

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Well, if those are the only folder/file permissions that work for you, so be it. You might want to look into changing them back to 755/644 for reasons of safety until the next time you do a mod install or other update (whenever SMF is uploading files or editing files).


--- Quote ---I have not contacted my host yet, should I just ask them if I'm the 'owner' of all folders and files?

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If you can get command line access (or even run a one-time cron job), you can do it yourself. Run ls -laR on the folder above "httpdocs" or "public_html" to get a full listing (ownership, group, permissions) of your entire site. This is a Linux command. For a Windows server, it would probably be attrib /s *.*.

By the way, being able to list all your folders and files and their attributes is a useful skill, so that you can monitor the state of your site (looking for hacked files and unexplained new files) without having to constantly go begging to your host tech support.

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