Simple Machines Community Forum

Archived Boards and Threads... => Archived Boards => Install and Upgrade Help => Topic started by: zartosht on December 05, 2007, 06:06:35 AM

Title: Bad problem, help please
Post by: zartosht on December 05, 2007, 06:06:35 AM
When I want to install smf, after uploading and changing permissions, while poiniting to mydomain/forum/install.php I recieve this error report:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.


Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/1.3.37 Server at pgus.org Port 80


Help me install smf.
Thanks
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: redone on December 05, 2007, 07:16:24 PM
Does the server meet the requirements? The error means your asking the server to do something it does not want to allow.

Are you chmodding the correct folders prior to install? Reading the online manual should help. Is this a free host?

Installing SMF (http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?board=2.0;sort=subject)
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: zartosht on December 08, 2007, 07:07:11 AM
Server properties is higher than required and my host isn't free. I corectly changed permission of files and folders as the SMF manual. Can this error occure due to changing permissions more than required?
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: jerm on December 08, 2007, 09:38:42 PM
No. Have you tried to contact your host to see if they have issues with PHP on their server?
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: zartosht on December 09, 2007, 06:29:56 AM
The first time I tried to install SMF it begon. I canceled the instalation and then start again. but at that time didn't start instalation. What was happened?
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: JayBachatero on December 10, 2007, 12:18:17 AM
This error is most likely due to the host not allowing you to chmod files to 777.  Chmod them to 755.  If not then take a look at Having problems with mod_security? (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=34270.0)
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: rpbu.com on December 10, 2007, 01:28:55 AM
Contact your host and explain the problem to them.
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: zartosht on December 11, 2007, 08:52:56 AM
But I can change the permissions to 777. Did you mean that this changing is incorrect however it shows 777?
Title: Re: Bad problem, help please
Post by: JayBachatero on December 11, 2007, 09:30:15 AM
Did you try the mod_security fix?