[SM-STABLE] Error opening ../../data/default_pref

[joe <jo...@ci...>]

I am running version 1.2x just fine. So, I wanted to upgrade to stable
1.4.0 and am having a hard time. Thing is, I don't have shell access to
run the config.pl, so I edit manually the config file and eventually get
things working. Except this version I get the following errors when
installing plugins:

Error opening ../../data/default_pref
Could not create initial preference file!
../data/ should be writable by user web
Please contact your system administrator and report this error.

I've changed the permissions all sorts of ways, though I can't CHOWN
with my limited access to the web site. I can't help but feel that the
plugins look for a data directory in a different place then the config
states. I tried explicit path, and it too didn't work too well. Any
suggestions for how to resolve this?



Joe
jo...@ci...
(I would appreciate a direct email as well)