Try changing the mode of entire cake folder using chmod to 777 -R , it will work. Pls give the error which is displayed, if it don't work. On May 27, 2012 3:23 PM, "Steve Found" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 26/05/12 06:30, Kid Noire wrote: > >> I'm a total newbie to Cake and believe I've put everything in their >> proper folders. Everything is green on my local host except my tmp >> Directory is not writable (yellow) I have no idea how to set >> permissions and have tried chmod in terminal but really not sure even >> if I'm doing this part properly. Any step by step would be much >> appreciated. Thanks! >> >> > Assuming you are on a linux server running apache2: > > The easiest (but most unsafe) method is to change to your app directory > and do 'chmod -R 777 tmp' which makes tmp and everything below it readable > and writeable by everyone. > > A better method is to change group ownership of tmp and everthing below it > to www-data ( or whatever group your apache server runs in ) with 'chgrp -R > www-data tmp' followed by 'chmod -R 774 tmp' This makes tmp read/write for > you and the www-data group but readonly for everyone else > > If you have access to /etc/apache2 on your system, you could also modify > /etc/apache2/envvars and change 'APACHE_RUN_USER' and 'APACHE_RUN_GROUP' to > be your username and group. This will make the webserver run as you. This > is OK for local systems but you are unlikely to have access to this file in > a hosted environment unless you have your own server. > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site > http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related > questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<cake-php%[email protected]>For > more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/cake-php<http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php> > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
