Can't run install.php on my new addon domain

[frostipuff]

I'm sure there's something really stupid I am overlooking, but I don't see it. I had no problem creating my first SMF forum, but now that I am trying to create an addon domain for testing purposes, I am stumped.

Here's what I did:

1. Created the addon domain (went through all the regular stuff with my host and name servers, etc.)
2. Via cPanel, created a new folder under public_html, parallel to the one I'd previously called forum
3. Downloaded, unpacked, and used FTP client to upload all the SMF files to the new folder
4. Opened a browser and typed [using code to bypass 'cannot enter external links filter]
     

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna

http://www.mydomain.com/newfolder/install.php

And I get this error:

404 Not Found

The requested URL /edb/agreement.txt was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 DAV/2 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_bwlimited/1.4 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 Server at blah blah

Perms on install.php are 644. Changing them temporarily to 777 did not resolve the issue.

I also tried prepending the URL with my original domain, but I don't think I am supposed to  be doing that. It didn't work anyway.

For the record, I am minimally a database person (can work around a SQL database and administer the forum), but I am NOT a network/Web person.

Suggestions?

[Illori]

Hi,

are you sure all files are correctly uploaded to your webserver?

[frostipuff]

Yes, I have had FTP clients time out in the past so I actually counted* the files, and all are there.

*Edit--I didn't count them, exactly, I just did a compare on the source to the target. Same number of files in each folder and at the root.

[Illori]

well does "The requested URL /edb/agreement.txt was not found on this server." exist on your server?

[frostipuff]

Oops, I captured the wrong error message. Pretend instead of agreement.txt it said install.php.

Yes. (Attached)

[Illori]

are all the other folders and files in place? if that is all you have many files are missing.

[frostipuff]

Yes, I did a drag and drop of all the files/folders, which I them compared side by side from client to server.


It's all there. The image I attached was just a partial screen shot.

[Illori]

then i would think some file permissions are incorrect or ownership is not right on your server.

[frostipuff]

Maybe. I'm the only one who ever administers this site, and I have never had permission problems before.

I set up my first forum no problem, but getting this addon domain has been a real pain.

I went with the default permissions (which are mostly 644), and I tried to run the install.php script to follow the documentation instructions, but I will try manually changing permissions.

In any case, I have created a worse problem for myself. I deleted the addon domain, thinking I could recreate it, and now I have this message to contend with before I can do anything else.

Error from park wrapper: Using nameservers with the following IPs: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Sorry, the domain is already pointed to an IP address that does not appear to use DNS servers associated with this server. Please transfer the domain to this servers nameservers or have your administrator add one of its nameservers to /etc/ips.remotedns and make the proper A entries on that remote nameserver.

I wish I hadn't done that. Things were sort of working, as I Hhad copied the database schema from my existing forum to the new domain and it worked then. If I had left it in place, I could have simply executed a SQL query to create a new user and grant the user administrator privs, and then just emptied out all the boards. But no. I wanted to start from scratch. 

Thanks for your help. I think the server people will have to help me out of this DNS issue. I'm way more comfortable with SQL than IPs.