Xibo

Stuck installing database: cannot write to "settings.php"

Asked by Jack

I unpacked the .zip onto my server, got to the installer, created a database, gave the installer the info for the database, and then I get this...

"Populating the database

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Unable to write to settings.php. We already checked this was possible earlier, so something changed."

This is the first time that I am trying to install xibo on our new server (someone else installed it for us last time on the old server but is no longer with the organization). Please excuse my ignorance if this is obvious, though I did try looking through past posts and the installer file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. (we are using a 3rd party windows based server that meets all of xibo's requirements)

Thanks in advance!!

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kobus44 (kobus44) said : 		#1

Xibo isn't getting the appropriate clearance for writing files on your specified folder location. Is your server program blocking write-access, maybe?

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Jack (jackhakala) said : 		#2

It was a permissions issue, but I had to solve it by creating the file and then giving the installer permission to write to that file.

I could not get it to create the file itself for some reason, even though I did give it permission to write to the folder.

Problem solved, I just thought I would post what I did in case any other nooB's ran into the same issue.

Thanks for your help!