how and where to install FUDforum under Apache2

[Patrick Asselman]

 On Sat, 5 May 2012 16:01:53 -0700, Thufir wrote:
> I'm trying to install http://www.fudforum.org/, and get:
>
>
> 	FUDforum Installation Wizard
>
> Please grant read/write permissions on this installation file () to 
> the
> web-server user to proceed.
>
> http://localhost/fudforum/install.php
>
>
> The install files are as so:
>
> thufir at dur:~$
> thufir at dur:~$ ll /var/www/fudforum/
> total 2804
> drwxr-xr-x 2 thufir thufir    4096 2012-05-05 03:52 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root   root      4096 2012-05-05 03:28 ../
> -rw-r--r-- 1 thufir thufir   18383 2012-05-05 03:28 COPYING
> -rw-r--r-- 1 thufir thufir 2709669 2012-05-05 03:28 fudforum_archive
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 thufir thufir     635 2012-05-05 03:51 install.ini
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 thufir thufir   61782 2012-05-05 03:45 install.php*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 thufir thufir    1782 2012-05-05 03:28 README
> -rw-r--r-- 1 thufir thufir    7184 2012-05-05 03:28 uninstall.php
> -rw-r--r-- 1 thufir thufir   47345 2012-05-05 03:28 upgrade.php
> thufir at dur:~$
> thufir at dur:~$ head /var/www/fudforum/install.php
> <?php
> /
> 
> ***************************************************************************
> * copyright            : (C) 2001-2012 Advanced Internet Designs Inc.
> * email                : forum at prohost.org
> * $Id: install.php 5454 2012-04-18 14:34:40Z naudefj $
> *
> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
> modify it
> * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 
> the
> * Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
> 
> ***************************************************************************/
> thufir at dur:~$
>
>
>
> Now, this is under apache2.  Is the problem that I have this in the 
> wrong
> directory?  Should it be in home somehow?  I'd rather not delve into
> Apache too much, and just use the Apache from apt-get.
>
> Just some pointers on how get started, please.
>
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir

 It sounds like you need to change ownership of the install.php file, 
 just like the error message said: "Please grant read/write permissions 
 on this installation file () to the web-server user to proceed."

 Right now it is owned by user thufir and group thufir, and not writable 
 by others. So do a "chown webserver install.php" or something like that, 
 and then access the install.php via the web to see if it works. 
 http://your.webserver.org/fudforum/install.php

 Best regards,
 Patrick Asselman