Package Manager - Warning! xxxx/ directory was not able to be created...

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lgthree Reply #1, 8 years, 4 months ago

Env details: Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) / PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.21 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) / MySQL 5.5.22 / MODx 2.4.2-pl

I am running into an issue with what appears to be folder permissions, which are preventing Package Manager from writing to them in order to do its work.

Warning!

Your assets/ directory was not able to be created at: /var/www/modx/assets/
You will need to create this directory and make it writable if you want to use Package Management or 3rd-Party Components.
,
Your assets/components/ directory was not able to be created at: /var/www/modx/assets/components/
You will need to create this directory and make it writable if you want to use Package Management or 3rd-Party Components.
,
Your core/components/ directory was not able to be created at: /var/www/modx/core/components/
You will need to create this directory and make it writable if you want to use Package Management or 3rd-Party Components.

I've checked this http://forums.modx.com/thread/29417/cannot-install-packages-through-the-package-manager but the advice didn't pan out for my situation.

All of the respective folders mentioned in the warning above have the following access -->

drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec  1 19:17 /var/www/modx/assets/

I've restarted my Apache server already and tried to clear the cache.

Anyone have any further trouble-shooting experience to share? Thank you.

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comp_nerd26 Reply #2, 8 years, 4 months ago

the folders need to be writable in order for php to download the packages. I believe we use 0774 in our linux environment for all the modx folders.

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lgthree Reply #3, 8 years, 4 months ago

Thanks @comp_nerd25 I'll try that out.

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BobRay Reply #4, 8 years, 4 months ago

On some servers, 0755 would be correct.

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www.amitpatil.me Reply #5, 5 years, 8 months ago

I am having an exact same issue. After recent malware attack we moved to new server (with higher security) then i updated modx and now seeing below error message on "package manager" screen.

Your assets/ directory was not able to be created at: /home/example.com/public_html/assets/ 
You will need to create this directory and make it writable if you want to use Package Management or 3rd-Party Components.
,
Your assets/components/ directory was not able to be created at: /home/example.com/public_html/assets/components/ 
You will need to create this directory and make it writable if you want to use Package Management or 3rd-Party Components.
,
Your core/components/ directory was not able to be created at: /home/example.com/core/components/ 
You will need to create this directory and make it writable if you want to use Package Management or 3rd-Party Components.

So i checked my folder permission and they are as below

drwxr-xr-x 46 name name     4096 Jul 25 03:47 assets
drwxr-xr-x 57 name name     4096 Jul 31 18:40 core/components
drwxr-xr-x 30 name name     4096 Apr 30 21:55 assets/components/

Not sure how to solve this, due to this i am not able to update/add packages.

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www.amitpatil.me Reply #6, 5 years, 8 months ago

OK i managed to solve this issue, by changing the owner of these folders to apache:apache. and other folders like core/cache, packages