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pbaxter:
When I try to install packages more often than not I get this error:
You cannot download or install new packages because the Packages directory or one of the files in it are not writable!

Somtimes it works somtimes it does not. I would like to figure out why so I wont have any problems installing mods.

The server is a windows 2003 server. I am RDP'ed into the server and am looking at the folders permission and they are indeed writeable


The site is http://www.moaec.com/forum [nofollow]

IchBin™:
Who are they writable too though? Are the files/folder writable by the web server user?

pbaxter:

--- Quote from: IchBin™ on June 06, 2011, 12:59:00 PM ---Who are they writable too though? Are the files/folder writable by the web server user?

--- End quote ---

thanks for your reply.

Yes they are.  The only thing that complicates it is there is a Plesk Control Panel for managing our website. There is a feature called Check permissions on Domain that goes through every file/folder in the entire website and makes it writeable.

Also does it matter is users are logged in when I apply the mod?

gamesmad:
It might be worth contacting your host to confirm that you are following the correct procedure for setting permissions.  Also I would not recommend setting every file/folder on the entire website to writeable, as it's potentially a security problem.

You can install modifications whether there are users logged in or not.  If a package requires the forum to be offline (SMF upgrade packages), it will automatically set the forum to maintenance mode while installing, and then put it back online once installed.

K@:
I believe that this is one of the things that could be cured by creating a directory named "temp", inside your "Packages" directory.

That needs to be read/write-enabled.

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