Changing the ENTIRE folder to 777 is a TERRIBLE idea and a massive security risk. I highly suggest you don't do it this way. Assuming you have the proper user and groups on the folder, 660 should be sufficient.
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8:28:29 PM UTC-7, Nikhil Agrawal wrote: > > 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
