Talk:How to solve Installation errors Extension Manager

[The following is the very last line of this article] "As you can see you still need to use your FTP files, so why not use them as the default setting.

(This line needs clarification in my opinion. I did not understand it although I got the gist of the rest of the page.

Furthermore, I must admit that as an "advanced novice" I'm confused about the relationship between and purpose of the following:

FTP "layer, ways files are uploaded and installed without FTP, relationship between site users and FTP'ing files.

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Propose to add some variation on the following to this page: It is not very helpful to chmod from ftp when you don't have the privilege from ftp to chmod...

I took the script and changed it so that the action was performed directly rather than through an ftp layer. That way it actually makes the changes. Code snippet to force these directories to 777 follows(replace the other for loop):

$ftp_chmod='777';
foreach( $dirs as $dir ){
$cmd='chmod '.$ftp_chmod.' '.$base.$dir;
print(" $cmd \n");
system($cmd);
}

This has solved my ftp layer problems for my new 1.6 joomla site. Now, to find some extensions that work with 1.6... --Cwg 07:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't sure where else to put this, however i feel that having a script that is web accessible and able to change file permissions is a bit risky. I think it would be better to 'chown' the folders to the proper web users that runs Apache or whichever web server the user uses. If you would like i can write up a little diddy about it. --Chuckles87 14:03, 15 January 2012 (EST)