[SOLVED] Debian 5 = problem with permissions

[Connie]

So what did you change to get it to work Connie?

I was quite desperate because I had to finish that installation for a friend / client ;=(

1)
I created the directories manually

2)

I edited install.php:
I changed all 0777 to 0755 or deactivated the error messages

Code:

foreach ($dirsArray as $dir) {
    $tmpfile = GSADMININCPATH.'tmp/tmp-404.xml';
    
    if (file_exists($dir))
    {
    #    chmod($dir, 0755);
        $result_755 = copy($tmpfile, $dir .'tmp.tmp');
        
        if (!$result_755)
        {
    #        chmod($dir, 0755);
            $result_777 = copy($tmpfile, $dir .'tmp.tmp');
            
            if (!$result_777)
            {
            #    $kill = i18n_r('CHMOD_ERROR');
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        mkdir($dir, 0755);
        $result_755 = copy($tmpfile, $dir .'tmp.tmp');
        if (!$result_755)
        {
            chmod($dir, 0755);
            $result_777 = copy($tmpfile, $dir .'tmp.tmp');
            
            if (!$result_777)
            {
            #    $kill = i18n_r('CHMOD_ERROR');
            }
        }
    }
    
    if (file_exists($dir .'tmp.tmp'))
    {
        unlink($dir .'tmp.tmp');
    }
}

so I could install
I could have uploaded a working installation and compare what has to be changed etc., but the way I did it was in my eyes "better"

this check / chmod / $kill is not good, I think 0755 is really sufficient for GS needs

Cheers, Connie