Re: [webmin-l] Drupal permissions problem

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 02/Jan/2013 06:59 Roger B.A. Klorese <ro...@qu...> wrote ..
> On 1/1/13 8:24 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On 31/Dec/2012 22:27 Roger B.A. Klorese <ro...@qu...> wrote ..
> >> CentOS 5.8 (upgraded), then Virtualmin GPL install via script, then
> >> updated PHP (to 5.4) and MySQL (to 5.5) via RPM.
> >>
> >> Default Virtualmin virtual server Apache config for PHP.
> >>
> >> Installed Drupal 7.x.
> >>
> >> Config page throws:
> >>
> >> File system
> >> The directory sites/default/files is not writable. An automated attempt
> >> to create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem.
> >> To proceed with the installation, either create the directory and modify
> >> its permissions manually or ensure that the installer has the
> >> permissions to create it automatically. For more information, see
> >> INSTALL.txt or the online handbook.
> >>
> >> The VirtualHost has SuexecUserGroup set properly.  The file permissions
> >> seem correct -- owned by the user and group, not over-relaxed.
> >>
> >> Any good suggestions on how to debug this?
> > Is the virtual server set to run PHP scripts with domain owner permissions,
> > via CGI or fcgid modes? This can be configured at Server Configuration ->
> > Website Options in Virtualmin. This should fix the drupal directory permissions
> > problem you described..
> >
> 
> It was set for fcgid, though I'd had to comment out parts, as follows. 
> Toggling the setting re-added the commented-out 
> RemoveHandler/php_admin_value lines, which is why they appear here 
> twice. With those lines in place, the PHP script is delivered as text...

Commenting out those RemoveHandler lines will cause PHP scripts to fall
back to being run as mod_php. Are you sure they caused scripts to be
output as text?

 - Jamie