phpBB will not install from scripts

Submitted by DonPeek on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 11:07 Pro Licensee

Running CentOS and doing the phpBB install it fails..

Configuring Apache PHP settings .. .. already done. Now installing phpBB version 3.0.8 .. phpBB database configuration failed : HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

I looked in the phpBB folder and I is all the php files are 750 and that is forbidden to run..

I assume that may have something to do with the error..

SO how can I change the install to handle that before waiting for a system update, as I would like to get this installed, asap.

Thanks Don

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 12:59

Sounds like something is preventing web access to the folder phpBB is being installed into.

If you try going to the URL that you attempted to install phpBB into, can you run through the install process manually?

Submitted by DonPeek on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 19:14 Pro Licensee

In made the folder and put all the files in it.. If you try to go the the /phpBB folder you get a "Access denied." That is normal for the index.php is set to RWX R-X - - - (750) so not public access from http..

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 19:21

One cause of an error like that could be a .htaccess file in the public_html folder.

Do you see a .htaccess there? If so, what is in it?

Submitted by DonPeek on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 07:04 Pro Licensee

No .htaccess in the main folder.

I have granted access to 69.24.139.244:10000 and ssh oped the ip 67.188.12.52

Please try install the phpBB into kyoudai-games.com

Then you see ... the fun I am seeing..

Thanks Don

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 09:01

Is there any chance you could allow the IP "207.192.73.169" to access SSH as well? That's the IP that I would be using (the other one belongs to Jamie).

Submitted by DonPeek on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 10:40 Pro Licensee

Done.. not a problem..

Thanks..

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 20:52

Ah, it took some digging before I noticed this -- but it looks like although this domain is setup to use FCGID/CGI, that scripts for this user aren't being executed as the Virtual Server owner.

That's because there's no "SuexecUserGroup" setting in your Apache conf for that domain. There needs to be a line in that domain's VirtualHost block that defines what user/group should be used with suexec.

If you didn't intentionally leave that out -- adding that in should solve your issue. You can enable suexec using the command line tools by running this command as root:

virtualmin modify-web --domain kyoudai-games.com --suexec

Submitted by DonPeek on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 22:39 Pro Licensee

That fixed it.. I will have to remember that...
Thanks Don