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Fixed: The installer checks if the avatar and background directories are writable, but fails to check the file directory used for attachments.

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Thanks brion

http://laconi.ca/trac/ticket/1703
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Craig Andrews 2009-07-21 13:59:34 -04:00
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README
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@ -262,13 +262,16 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages.
that user's default group instead. As a last resort, you can create
a new group like "mublog" and add the Web server's user to the group.
4. You should also take this moment to make your avatar subdirectory
writeable by the Web server. An insecure way to do this is:
4. You should also take this moment to make your avatar, background, and
file subdirectories writeable by the Web server. An insecure way to do
this is:
chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/avatar
chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/background
chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/file
You can also make the avatar directory writeable by the Web server
group, as noted above.
You can also make the avatar, background, and file directories
writeable by the Web server group, as noted above.
5. Create a database to hold your microblog data. Something like this
should work:

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install.php
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@ -70,17 +70,16 @@ function checkPrereqs()
$pass = false;
}
if (!is_writable(INSTALLDIR.'/avatar/')) {
?><p class="error">Cannot write avatar directory: <code><?php echo INSTALLDIR; ?>/avatar/</code></p>
<p>On your server, try this command: <code>chmod a+w <?php echo INSTALLDIR; ?>/avatar/</code></p>
<?
$pass = false;
}
if (!is_writable(INSTALLDIR.'/background/')) {
?><p class="error">Cannot write background directory: <code><?php echo INSTALLDIR; ?>/background/</code></p>
<p>On your server, try this command: <code>chmod a+w <?php echo INSTALLDIR; ?>/background/</code></p>
<?
$pass = false;
// Check the subdirs used for file uploads
$fileSubdirs = array('avatar', 'background', 'file');
foreach ($fileSubdirs as $fileSubdir) {
$fileFullPath = INSTALLDIR."/$fileSubdir/";
if (!is_writable($fileFullPath)) {
?><p class="error">Cannot write <?php echo $fileSubdir; ?> directory: <code><?php echo $fileFullPath; ?></code></p>
<p>On your server, try this command: <code>chmod a+w <?php echo $fileFullPath; ?></code></p>
<?
$pass = false;
}
}
return $pass;