modx local(ubuntu) : template directory access denied

hi,

i’ve installed modx on my ubuntu 8.04 with lamp , in the manager i can’t open the assets directory to create a new template...what’s the way to change the rights on this directory ?
i don’t understan dbecause i’ve done a change to install like this :

chmod o+rw -R /home/happy/+Devweb/modx-0.9.6.2/assets

have a tips ?

thx

Try this command:

chmod 777 -R /home/happy/+Devweb/modx-0.9.6.2/assets

Have you also checked that /assets/ acctually have the correct permissions?

ls -l

result of terminal :

happy@aiphesbuntu:~$ ls -l /home/happy/+Devweb/modx-0.9.6.2/assets
total 60
drwxrwxrwx 3 happy happy 4096 2008-10-19 16:42 cache
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 docs
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 export
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 files
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 flash
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 images
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 import
-rwxrwxrwx 1 happy happy 70 2007-02-24 20:24 index.html
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 js
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 media
drwxrwxrwx 4 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 modules
drwxrwxrwx 3 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 plugins
drwxrwxrwx 2 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 site
drwxrwxrwx 9 happy happy 4096 2008-09-16 06:44 snippets
drwxrwxrwx 5 happy happy 4096 2008-10-19 14:15 templates

but access denied in spite of terminal action :

happy@aiphesbuntu:~$ sudo chmod 777 -R /home/happy/+Devweb/modx-0.9.6.2/assets

Hm from your output it doesn’t seem like a permission problem anymore, as all directories now are completly open (not a good pratcie). If I’m not mistaken, the correct permissions should be 755 for all folder, excpet for cache, export and images, which should have 777. That is the way I have done it on my setup.
I’m not quite sure what could be the problem then, maybe someone else can help?

Anyways, in the mean time, you could always just add folders and files manually.

i don’t understand whats wrong with this install...
nobody can help me ?

Quote from: aiphess at Oct 19, 2008, 11:16 AM

in the manager i can’t open the assets directory to create a new template...what’s the way to change the rights on this directory ?

what do u mean open the assets dir to create a template? this doesn’t make sense to me. Do you mean the file/resource browser under Resources/Manage Files ?
and why do u think it’s a permission error?

maybe try the copy the modx folder to another location and set the new path in the manager?

in the manager you can go to ressources > maange files and you can clic on assets or install and explore them...but on my modx local if i click i have un message"access denied" accés interdit in french...

i see now what u mean. i always do Resources>manage resources>Templates never used the file browser for doing templates. funny modx never have only one way of doing things

only thing I can think of is to check that u have the correct path in Resource Path under Tools>configuration>Interface & Features

If you create a file using the Manager -> Resources -> File Manager, it will create the file with the owner being the Apache user (apache, www, nobody... whatever user Apache runs as.), and whatever default file creation permissions your system is configured to use. Then you will not be able to access this file as another user.

You’ll see the same problem with images if you’re using MaxiGallery; you can manage the images with MaxiGallery or the File Manger, but you won’t be able to with a local user or an ftp user.

My solution to this is to make the Apache user a member of the same group as my user, and make sure that all files/folders are created with group writable permissions. That way both my user and the Apache user can write the files.

ok i will try to add apache user to ma user group in ubuntu...
the paths in configuration are ok

in waiting, i create the template via resources>manage resources > template > new template....it’s work