file permission error

[vik]

i m installing smf 1.1.2 on a free server www.789mb.com

when i move to install.php file after  uploading the files

i m directed to thi

This installer can connect via FTP to fix the files that need to be writable and are not. If this doesn't work for you, you will have to go in manually and make the files writable. Please note that this doesn't support SSL right now.

this page

it as for

Server:
Username:
Password:
Install Path:

i tried localhost and my FTP adress on server

correct uer name $ password

and install path as

789mb.com/m/a/s/mastizone/htdocs

it was by default

but it still says cannot connect to the database

can anyone help on this please

thanks in advance

[potkuri3]

tämä on aivan saatanan perseestä

[greyknight17]

Leave server name for now and try changing the path to one of the following to see if any of them work:

m/a/s/mastizone/htdocs
mastizone/htdocs
htdocs

Your forum files are located in the htdocs folder right? Not inside some folder like htdocs/forums?

[metallica48423]

potkuri3, please use english only in the regular support boards.  If you require assistance please either speak english or locate the board for you language under the language-specific boards, thanks .

vik, has what greyknight17 suggested worked?  If you login to ftp, what is the path you have to follow to get to your forum directory?  How many steps do you take to get from where you logged in to get to your smf install?  You need the forum name for each step, as greyknight suggested