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hashend94

June 25, 2012, 01:06:21 AM
Hey !

So guys today I was creating some forum boards in my forums. And all of sudden when I refreshed the page this error popped up !

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/2.2.22 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.22 OpenSSL/1.0.0-fips mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at otakusl.mmocube.net Port 80

You can visit my forums here --- > http://otakusl.mmocube.net/

I did not make any changes :/ please help me out

Thanks an Best Regards
hashend94

ziycon

#1
June 25, 2012, 04:04:28 AM
There should be logs on your server in the site directory called something like error.log or ending in .core, if you could copy out any error messages from this file and post them here we can try help you with the issue.

Jade Elizabeth

#2
June 25, 2012, 04:08:42 AM
Also double check your permissions are all okay :).
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Antes

#3
June 25, 2012, 05:34:06 AM
htaccess (can you rename it and try again?)

hashend94

#4
June 25, 2012, 09:21:02 AM
Quote from: ziycon on June 25, 2012, 04:04:28 AM
There should be logs on your server in the site directory called something like error.log or ending in .core, if you could copy out any error messages from this file and post them here we can try help you with the issue.

Can you please dumb it down for me please  :-\ I'm pretty much a beginner (Sorry for all the trouble)
PS - I can't seem to find such a file in my subdomains directory  :-\

hashend94

#5
June 25, 2012, 09:22:17 AM
Quote from: Jade Elizabeth on June 25, 2012, 04:08:42 AM
Also double check your permissions are all okay :).

Once again if you could dumb it down for me it would be really helpful (Really sorry for the trouble)

hashend94

#6
June 25, 2012, 09:23:49 AM
Quote from: Antes on June 25, 2012, 05:34:06 AM
htaccess (can you rename it and try again?)

Rename htaccess ? :/ How ? Mind elaborating a bit :S And once again sorry for the trouble

Jade Elizabeth

#7
June 25, 2012, 10:20:55 AM
It's no trouble at all, we were all beginners at one point! :)

In cPanel or FTP (which you should know about after installing SMF) all of the files and folders have permissions, which are sometimes called CHMOD (I have no idea why ha ha). You need to change those permissions to 755 or 777 for all the files and directories (and files and directories in there). You can do this in cPanel with a button after clicking on the folder. In FTP it depends on the client.

If you can't do this you can always ask your host to help you out and do it for you, but you will have to wait. If you like I can take a look for you, but you would need to send me FTP details privately (say via PM) so I could take a look.


htaccess is a file in the root (where your forum is, that folder) that controls who can access what and how and so forth. It's a server thing.

Core files are files that are a bunch of numbers with "core" in it. They happen because of PHP errors and they are very large files. You should pretty much delete these when they happen after opening them and trying to figure out what the error is (open in notepad).

Error log files are called "error_log" and can also get pretty big. If you open it in notepad you will get a list of errors that may help you out.

Additionally cPanel has an error log in it somewhere (called error log) that logs errors and the causes (usually). Everything from missing images to unable to load files. That is a very simple way of finding out what's wrong (and the quickest/easiest).



I'm not sure what the issue is but the most common is permissions, in my experience. SMF has an interface for this but unfortunately you cannot access it ha ha.
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hashend94

#8
June 25, 2012, 11:44:01 AM
Quote from: Jade Elizabeth on June 25, 2012, 10:20:55 AM
It's no trouble at all, we were all beginners at one point! :)

In cPanel or FTP (which you should know about after installing SMF) all of the files and folders have permissions, which are sometimes called CHMOD (I have no idea why ha ha). You need to change those permissions to 755 or 777 for all the files and directories (and files and directories in there). You can do this in cPanel with a button after clicking on the folder. In FTP it depends on the client.

If you can't do this you can always ask your host to help you out and do it for you, but you will have to wait. If you like I can take a look for you, but you would need to send me FTP details privately (say via PM) so I could take a look.


htaccess is a file in the root (where your forum is, that folder) that controls who can access what and how and so forth. It's a server thing.

Core files are files that are a bunch of numbers with "core" in it. They happen because of PHP errors and they are very large files. You should pretty much delete these when they happen after opening them and trying to figure out what the error is (open in notepad).

Error log files are called "error_log" and can also get pretty big. If you open it in notepad you will get a list of errors that may help you out.

Additionally cPanel has an error log in it somewhere (called error log) that logs errors and the causes (usually). Everything from missing images to unable to load files. That is a very simple way of finding out what's wrong (and the quickest/easiest).



I'm not sure what the issue is but the most common is permissions, in my experience. SMF has an interface for this but unfortunately you cannot access it ha ha.

Hey Thanks for all the info ! I dropped a message too btw

hashend94

#9
June 25, 2012, 11:54:45 AM
Okay so I checked my error log and this is what I got
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:43:24 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:43:24 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:43:17 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:43:17 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:27:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:27:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:32 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:32 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:31 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:31 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:26 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:26 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:25 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:25 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:20 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:20 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:17 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:17 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:12 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:14:12 2012] [error] [client 173.208.100.164] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/slotaku/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:07:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:07:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:24 2012] [error] [client 72.30.142.220] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:24 2012] [error] [client 72.30.142.220] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:24 2012] [error] [client 72.30.142.220] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 16:06:24 2012] [error] [client 72.30.142.220] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/robots.txt
[Mon Jun 25 15:58:06 2012] [error] [client 91.232.96.14] client denied by server configuration: /home/mmocuben/public_html/testsite/error_log, referer: http://testsite.mmocube.net/
[Mon Jun 25 15:58:06 2012] [error] [client 91.232.96.14] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/testsite/404.shtml, referer: http://testsite.mmocube.net/forum/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:58:06 2012] [error] [client 91.232.96.14] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/testsite/forum, referer: http://testsite.mmocube.net/forum/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 15:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 15:46:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:46:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:46:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:46:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:46:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:46:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:27:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 15:27:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 15:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:26:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:23:11 2012] [error] [client 67.195.113.249] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 15:23:11 2012] [error] [client 67.195.113.249] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group
[Mon Jun 25 15:23:11 2012] [error] [client 67.195.113.249] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 15:23:11 2012] [error] [client 67.195.113.249] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/robots.txt
[Mon Jun 25 15:22:07 2012] [error] [client 124.115.6.17] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 15:22:07 2012] [error] [client 124.115.6.17] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/robots.txt
[Mon Jun 25 15:11:02 2012] [error] [client 112.134.208.176] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fotakusl.mmocube.net%2Findex.php&h=WAQGvBkAnAQGEk4mTq4SYhbVokqF5ywRq8LN-gpKiSU3jrw
[Mon Jun 25 15:11:02 2012] [error] [client 112.134.208.176] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fotakusl.mmocube.net%2Findex.php&h=WAQGvBkAnAQGEk4mTq4SYhbVokqF5ywRq8LN-gpKiSU3jrw
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 15:06:59 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 14:59:41 2012] [error] [client 65.52.109.152] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 14:59:41 2012] [error] [client 65.52.109.152] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/robots.txt
[Mon Jun 25 14:52:56 2012] [error] [client 61.245.165.57] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 14:52:56 2012] [error] [client 61.245.165.57] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group
[Mon Jun 25 14:52:35 2012] [error] [client 61.245.165.57] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fotakusl.mmocube.net%2F&h=2AQHiRJ02
[Mon Jun 25 14:52:35 2012] [error] [client 61.245.165.57] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fotakusl.mmocube.net%2F&h=2AQHiRJ02
[Mon Jun 25 14:52:34 2012] [error] [client 8.21.4.254] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml
[Mon Jun 25 14:52:34 2012] [error] [client 8.21.4.254] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group
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[Mon Jun 25 14:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
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[Mon Jun 25 14:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
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[Mon Jun 25 14:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
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[Mon Jun 25 14:47:00 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
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[Mon Jun 25 14:27:02 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
[Mon Jun 25 14:27:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 14:27:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 14:27:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 14:27:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
[Mon Jun 25 14:27:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] File does not exist: /home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/500.shtml, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
[Mon Jun 25 14:27:01 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php
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[Mon Jun 25 14:07:06 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=forum
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[Mon Jun 25 14:07:04 2012] [error] [client 112.135.59.218] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File "/home/mmocuben/public_html/otakusl/index.php" is writeable by group, referer: http://otakusl.mmocube.net/index.php?action=admin;area=manageboards
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MrPhil

#10
June 25, 2012, 12:50:17 PM
Don't worry about the "File does not exist:" xxx.shtml messages. They're Apache server brain farts. Ditto for the "404" error you got along with the Internal Server error. See my sig > FAQs > Missing Support Files, and think about getting yourself a set of xxx.shtml error handlers (error documents) and a robots.txt (even if it's empty). That would greatly reduce the noise in your error log.

You're getting a lot of ".../index.php is writeable by group" errors. That security warning means your permissions are bad. Jade steered you wrong. They should normally be 644 for files (including index.php) and 755 for directories (folders). If SMF complains that it can't write to a specific file or directory, change permissions to 664 for that file only, or 775 for that directory only. If it still complains, try 666 and 777, but try to avoid those permissions, as they are a security hazard. Settings.php should be set to 444 (Read Only) once the system is stable, so that a certain bug in SMF won't empty out that file when you get a database error.

Finally, you need to address why you're getting so many 500 errors (Internal server errors). Read my sig > FAQs > 500 (Internal Server) Errors and see if you can check off each item. It may well be simply that your host has installed security software to flag files and directories with "too generous" of permissions (writable by too many people). Fixing the permissions as discussed above might get rid of these errors.

Quote from: Jade Elizabeth on June 25, 2012, 10:20:55 AM
all of the files and folders have permissions, which are sometimes called CHMOD (I have no idea why ha ha).
Originally the permissions were referred to as the "mode", so the command is CHange MODe. chmod is the command to change permissions, not the permissions themselves.

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You need to change those permissions to 755 or 777 for all the files and directories (and files and directories in there).
Absolutely NOT!. SMF files never need "execute" permission, and group/world write permissions should be granted grudgingly, only as absolutely needed.

hashend94

#11
June 25, 2012, 01:23:19 PM
Quote from: MrPhil on June 25, 2012, 12:50:17 PM
Don't worry about the "File does not exist:" xxx.shtml messages. They're Apache server brain farts. Ditto for the "404" error you got along with the Internal Server error. See my sig > FAQs > Missing Support Files, and think about getting yourself a set of xxx.shtml error handlers (error documents) and a robots.txt (even if it's empty). That would greatly reduce the noise in your error log.

You're getting a lot of ".../index.php is writeable by group" errors. That security warning means your permissions are bad. Jade steered you wrong. They should normally be 644 for files (including index.php) and 755 for directories (folders). If SMF complains that it can't write to a specific file or directory, change permissions to 664 for that file only, or 775 for that directory only. If it still complains, try 666 and 777, but try to avoid those permissions, as they are a security hazard. Settings.php should be set to 444 (Read Only) once the system is stable, so that a certain bug in SMF won't empty out that file when you get a database error.

Finally, you need to address why you're getting so many 500 errors (Internal server errors). Read my sig > FAQs > 500 (Internal Server) Errors and see if you can check off each item. It may well be simply that your host has installed security software to flag files and directories with "too generous" of permissions (writable by too many people). Fixing the permissions as discussed above might get rid of these errors.

Quote from: Jade Elizabeth on June 25, 2012, 10:20:55 AM
all of the files and folders have permissions, which are sometimes called CHMOD (I have no idea why ha ha).
Originally the permissions were referred to as the "mode", so the command is CHange MODe. chmod is the command to change permissions, not the permissions themselves.

Quote
You need to change those permissions to 755 or 777 for all the files and directories (and files and directories in there).
Absolutely NOT!. SMF files never need "execute" permission, and group/world write permissions should be granted grudgingly, only as absolutely needed.

Possible to dumb down ? :'( I'm sorry but I'm a  beginner

MrPhil

#12
June 25, 2012, 01:27:57 PM
Your Internal Server Errors may be caused by wrong file permissions. In your hosting control panel, change permissions of index.php to 644. All files should be 644, but Settings.php should be 444.

hashend94

#13
June 25, 2012, 01:48:20 PM
Quote from: MrPhil on June 25, 2012, 01:27:57 PM
Your Internal Server Errors may be caused by wrong file permissions. In your hosting control panel, change permissions of index.php to 644. All files should be 644, but Settings.php should be 444.

THANKYOU VERY MUCH !! YOU HELPED A LOT ! :D

Jade Elizabeth

#14
June 25, 2012, 10:45:41 PM
Mr. Phil we've been over this argument before. Changing things to 755 or 777 allows SMF to change things if it needs to and it stops a lot of errors happening.

See this topic, on why 777 isn't a risk, written by [Unknown] (One of the founders of SMF):
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=2987.0
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MrPhil

#15
June 26, 2012, 10:37:01 AM
Give me another user account on your server and I'll overwrite any file or directory that's "world writable" (xx6 or xx7). Threats are not just from the outside (via the Web interface). I don't care what [Unknown] wrote -- he was wrong then, and is still wrong. Why do some servers run security software such as suPHP to block "world writable" objects, if it's not in fact a hazard?

7 includes the "execute" bit. It is necessary for directories to be usable, as well as certain types of files not used in SMF (shell scripts, executable binaries). You always start with the minimum permissions for a directory (usually 755, although 705 and 750 work in some cases) and add additional [write] permissions as needed. You don't just jump ahead and open up everything with 777. You start with 755 and go to 775, and only to 777 as a last resort, because of potential security problems. Likewise for files, except it's 644 -> 664 -> 666, or go the other way to 444 for "read only" such as for Settings.php.

Arantor

#16
June 26, 2012, 10:41:58 AM
And that all of that pales into insignificance for files that happen to be owned by the web server anyway... seriously, file permissions are only ONE part of the problem, not the entire problem.
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