Comments on: Perfect Permissions for Joomla and Plesk

By: Dustin J. Czysz

Dustin J. Czysz — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:04:33 +0000

Thank you – syntax updated

By: Ari Salomon

Ari Salomon — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:54:33 +0000

you seem to have a syntax error – the correct version is:
find httpdocs -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;

By: Ari Salomon

Ari Salomon — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:51:39 +0000

I want the world to know that this works for wordpress also and is saving me loads of headaches. i will document my wordpress-based process on my blog soon.

By: Ant

Ant — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:02:39 +0000

This fixed these problems for me first time…

http://njlinux.blogspot.com/2008/03/configuring-joomla-on-plesk-box.html

By: Jesus Carballo

Jesus Carballo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:49:37 +0000

I think that you have a error sintax in:
find httpdocs -type d -exec chmod g+s {} ;

the correct form:
find httpdocs -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:41:11 +0000

Hi Dustin,

I’m using the latest 1.5.14 just downloaded today.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:40:04 +0000

In a panic I called the host support, we have an unmanaged server but they helped anyway. He said that once I edited the /etc/group file, I should have changed everything to psa (I’m still not sure what he meant). Whatever he did, the site is back up and I have access to the admin panel. I tried to install a component again and receive this error:

Warning: file_put_contents() [function.file-put-contents]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 10002 is not allowed to access /var/www/vhosts/innercirclelight.com/httpdocs/tmp/install_4a8f4aac32f27 owned by uid 48 in /var/www/vhosts/innercirclelight.com/httpdocs/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 298

Warning: file_put_contents(/var/www/vhosts/innercirclelight.com/httpdocs/tmp/install_4a8f4aac32f27/jpfchat.xml) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/innercirclelight.com/httpdocs/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 298

Can someone please help?

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:27:15 +0000

I’m desperate to get my Joomla installations running again. When we moved from a shared to a dedicated server, we got loads of permission errors.

I did the steps as outlined above including creating a vhost.conf file. It’s been 15 years since I used UNIX and I don’t know Linux. But vi was still stuck in my head (h,j,k,l) so I managed UGH

Then I tried to install a component. It looked like it installed ok, but then generated a Forbidden page. I am now LOCKED OUT of my Joomla Admin Panel. The site also has the same 403 error. So I am now completely screwed!!!

How do I undo what I have done, or fix what I have done? I’m desperate to get this site back up and running. Please HELP!!!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:50:23 +0000

@Laurie

You might want to go with a host that will help manage your server. Its great that they helped you this time, but they might not next time. I guarantee you will have more issues in the future and if this is a mission critical site its good to know you have backup support at your disposal. In the mean time, you can try the forums at joomla.org, they are a great resource and are a more targeted solution for this sort of thing.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:39:58 +0000

@Laurie

First thing I would do is either retrace my steps and/or restore from backup. At that point you can try again. If you are using Joomla 1.5 you probably don’t even have to take the steps in this post.