SMF Version: SMF 1.1.1
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SMF Installer
You're on a windows server, and some crucial files are not writable. Please ask your host to give write permissions to the user PHP is running under for the files in your SMF installation. The following files or directories need to be writable:
* attachments
* avatars
* Packages
* Packages/installed.list
* Smileys
* Themes
* agreement.txt
* Settings.php
* Settings_bak.php
Click here to try this step again.
OK, I've installed IIS for personal uses, then installed PHP and MySQL successfully (pma runs :)) but I have absolutely -no- idea how to make those files I listed above writable. I've gone through IIS settings and used properties and ticked writable, but nothing seems to work. Help please?
IIS 5.1 on Windows XP MCE
offtopic - MCE uses XP Pro codebase, and MS forgot to take out IIS :P
Right click the SMF folder and choose properties and the security tab.
You will need to add the IIS users (one is for FTP and one is for HTTP but as I can't remove which add both should do the trick!) and give them read / write / execute / modify permissions. The IIS users are something like IUSR_computername and IWAM_computername
How do I add users?
Anyway, if you have WLM I am willing to start a remote desktop session...
(oh and if you're not aware i'm setting up smf for personal uses...)
I am experiencing the same problem,but the only difference is that I use the Apache server.
Am I going to do the same ???
Please help.....
QuoteHow do I add users?
If you right-click the directory, click 'Properties', and go to the Security tab, there's an "Add" button. You need to type the username into the box.
If you don't see the Security tab, open Windows Explorer, and click Tools --> Folder Options. On the View tab, untick the "Use simple file sharing" box.
Quote from: mrmichael on January 19, 2007, 06:44:45 AM
I am experiencing the same problem,but the only difference is that I use the Apache server.
Am I going to do the same ???
Please help.....
If you're on Windows, you will need to give the Apache user account read, write and modify privileges on the SMF directories.
Right-click on a folder
Click "Properties"
If you don't see a "Permissions" tab, click "Cancel" and follow the above instructions for disabling simple file sharing, then return to this step.
Click on the "Permissions" tab
You should see a bunch of users and some permissions
If you don't see the Apache user listed there, follow the instructions above to add it.
Click on the apache user
Check the boxes (in the "Allow" column) next to Read, Write and Modify.
Click "Apply"
You should be given an option to apply that to any sub-folders and files - choose that option if you are.
Woo! Thanks so much!
I had this same issue. I had to give the "Internet Guest Account" full access to the SMF directory. Once I did, the install/config page came up, created my database on the fly and finished setup.
So, I am now running Simple Machines on a Windows 2003 server, PHP 5.2.2, and MySQL 5.0.
Good luck. :)
Thank you dkpeppard! That was the point!
I have set every single directory and file like listed in the initial post (for "Internet Guest Account"). But it doesn't work.
Since I set the entire SMF-Directory (and all the subdirectories) for the "Internet Guest Account" = IUSER_COMPUTERNAME to "Modify", the installation worked.
Maybe, someone should check, which file and directory REALLY needs write/modify-permission... ;D
Config: Windows 2003 Standard Server, PHP 5.2.4, MySQL 5.0.45