CHMOD on 'Export', 'Media', "Flash' Directories in 'Install' Directory

Hi

I’m very much a novice to all this so apologies for my idiocy first off. This is my first ever post!

What I am looking to do - I need to CHMOD the directories as specified in the modx wiki.
I have managed to do it, with the exception of these directories... /install/export , ....install/media, and ...install/flash.

This is the return I have from the modx install validation:

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MODx CMS
Pre-install validation
Setup has carried out a number of checks to see if everything’s ready to start the setup.

Checking PHP version: OK!

Checking if Register_Globals is off: OK!

Checking if sessions are properly configured: OK!

Checking if /assets/cache and /assets/cache/rss directories exist: OK!

Checking if /assets/cache and /assets/cache/rss directories are writable: OK!

Checking if /assets/cache/siteCache.idx.php file is writable: OK!

Checking if /assets/cache/sitePublishing.idx.php file is writable: OK!

Checking if /assets/images, /assets/files, /assets/flash and /assets/media directories exists: OK!

Checking if /assets/images, /assets/files, /assets/flash and /assets/media directories are writable: FAILED!

Checking if /assets/export directory exists: OK!

Checking if /assets/export directory is writable: FAILED!

Checking if /manager/includes/config.inc.php exists and is writable: OK!

Creating connection to the database: OK!

Checking table prefix `modx_`: OK!

Checking MySQL version: OK! Your MySQL version is: 5.0.66a-log

Checking MySQL for strict sql_mode: OK!

Unfortunately, Setup cannot continue at the moment, due to the above 2 errors. Please correct the errors, and try again. If you need help figuring out how to fix the problems, visit the MODx Forums.

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I am using Fire FTP or Yummy FTP to try and CHMOD. When I check the directories they are set to rw rw rw / 0666

Has anyone experienced these failures or does anyone know where I am going wrong??

Thanks for taking the time to read this and any help or advice is very much appreciated.

I have just seen the post on etiquette hopefully this info will help !

Web Server:
Bravenet
phpMyAdmin - 2.11.6
MySQL client version: 5.0.27
sql4.bravehost.com * Server version: 5.0.66a-log


MODx:
Version
modx-1.0.2

Browser/Client:
I’m using Firefox on OSX 10.5.8


Hope this is all thata needed thankyou for your help

Sam
[email protected]

You normally need those directories set to 755 or 777 depending on the host server.

cool thankyou! I will try this.

Ill elaborate some for you...

If you host is using phpsuexec then you normally use 644 for files and 755 for folders. I’ve found these permissions are normally applied when I upload stuff so this method is much easier IMO.

If your host doesn’t use phpsuexec then you need to set files to 666 and folders to 777 instead for them to work properly. I consider this less secure so if your host requires the above permissions I would consider switching or asking them to setup phpsuexec.

The easy test for phpsuexec is to upload a blank index.html file and give it the permission 666. Try to visit it in your browser and if you get a 500 Internal Server Error then you have phpsuexec installed.