smf chat or shoutbox?

notaduck · February 03, 2015, 11:18:31 AM

hey. i was wondering if it is possible to install a chat room in smf 2.0.9?
i would prefer it should be freebecause we are only 10 people there is gonna use it

Oldiesmann · February 03, 2015, 11:24:42 AM

There are several chat/shoutbox mods available for SMF. http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=search;type=24;approved=1

notaduck · February 03, 2015, 11:58:55 AM

year but there is only one for 2.0.9 ? and that is a facebook lookalike chat and i need a chat room

Kindred · February 03, 2015, 12:02:26 PM

almost any mod for any 2.0.x version will likely work with any other 2.0.x version.

and there are several of them... but they are typically called "Shout boxes" not chatrooms.

Deaks · February 03, 2015, 01:19:46 PM

what if he wants a chat room itself not a shoutbox?

notaduck, I would suggest a shoutbox it will be alot easier.

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=585

This is the most common used one and does work with 2.0.9

Kindred · February 03, 2015, 01:21:16 PM

well, he used the term "shoutbox" in the thread title...

Deaks · February 03, 2015, 01:24:47 PM

no he said smf chat OR shoutbox indicating he is looking for one or other

notaduck · February 03, 2015, 02:22:11 PM

i was just looking fr what ever will work

But i ran into a problem :S

I can't install packages ? i am getting this message
You cannot download or install new packages because the Packages directory....

and my permissions is :
sudo chmod 777 Smileys Themes agreement.txt Settings.php Settings_bak.php avatars cache Packages Packages/installed.list Smileys attachments

chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/smf

Kindred · February 03, 2015, 02:47:43 PM

1- the chown may not actually work the way you expect...
2- does your Packages directory also have a temp and a backup subdirectories?

notaduck · February 03, 2015, 02:52:01 PM

i don't have the temp folder buti am gonna create it now

is there any way to remove the chown again ?

notaduck · February 03, 2015, 05:28:57 PM

or do i have to make a clean install?

Deaks · February 03, 2015, 05:40:52 PM

How do I chmod? / what is chmod?

Also who is your host?

notaduck · February 04, 2015, 01:48:30 AM

i am my own host

but i have no problems at all with chmod it is the chown command there is my problem and i wanted to know if it is possible to remove it again?

Illori · February 04, 2015, 05:22:59 AM

you want to remove chown? do you understand what chown is? you cant remove a chown, but you can change the ownership to some other user.

notaduck · February 04, 2015, 05:43:47 AM

i must admit i dont know what chown exactly is.
i am pretty sure i do now

but is the default chown of my smf folder root? because then i could just revert chown to root instead of www-data.www-data
should chown be set to sudo chown root.root then ?

Illori · February 04, 2015, 05:52:10 AM

IMO if you dont know what something like chown should be, you really should not be the one hosting your forum. you are just asking for your forum/server to be hacked. also this forum is not for server configuration issues like this, you could find a forum about it and get more help but i bet they would tell you not to host the server yourself.

notaduck · February 04, 2015, 06:06:17 AM

Well if i ain't playing around with server configuration, how could i ever learn it then ?
that is just the same to say if you cant walk then you shouldn't try it you could fall.

But thanks for the help

i figured it out now

Kindred · February 04, 2015, 08:30:46 AM

to explain a little bit...

the "proper" ownership of files really depends on how your server is set up.
In some cases, php loaded files are owned by "nobody"
in other cases, it's the account owner...
in still other cases, it's the root and in yet others, it's whoever the apache owner is configures to...

So, it's hard to say what the "correct" setting for you would be.

And -- if the files are "properly" owned, then 644/755 for chmod is sufficient - you should not need 777

Steve · February 04, 2015, 08:59:57 AM

Quote from: notaduck on February 04, 2015, 06:06:17 AMi figured it out now

So are you all set with your original question?

notaduck · February 04, 2015, 09:32:32 AM

yes

i have marked the topic as solved now
Thanks for the help

notaduck · February 04, 2015, 09:34:06 AM

Quote from: Kindred on February 04, 2015, 08:30:46 AM
to explain a little bit...

the "proper" ownership of files really depends on how your server is set up.
In some cases, php loaded files are owned by "nobody"
in other cases, it's the account owner...
in still other cases, it's the root and in yet others, it's whoever the apache owner is configures to...

So, it's hard to say what the "correct" setting for you would be.

thanks for the explantion! i think it was in the setup it wa smf there was promting me to set chomod 777 for xxx files

And -- if the files are "properly" owned, then 644/755 for chmod is sufficient - you should not need 777

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