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jeberlan
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 Posted - February 24 2004 : 06:20:33
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| I'm developing one site and I'm using two boxes. One on an XP Pro box at home and (shhhh) a 2000 box at work. The 2000 box is setup just fine but the XP box is giving me problems. It seems like everytime I make the database folder as a web-sharable folder it marks the whole folder as read-only. How do I place the database into a virtual folder without making it read-only? I've read the setup FAQ's for XP and have followed exactly. The database is in a folder by itself and that folder is a virtual folder and I cannot remove the read-only flag from the folder properties. I'm assuming the host will be able to fix this but I can't do my developement until I do. |
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jonmadrid
VP-CART New User
USA
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Posted - February 24 2004 : 07:44:41
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Are you using IIS on the XP machine? Thats probably the easiest method but it didn't really sound like thats what you were doing. Just create your virtual directory (site) in IIS for your shopping cart site, then give the database folder write permissions (right click the folder >> Properties >> check the 'write' checkbox). I just tried it on an XP machine and it worked perfectly.
If thats what you've done and its still not working, it's beyond me. Maybe someone else here will know.
All the best,
Jon Madrid
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Madrid Communications
Web Design, Development, and Hosting
www.madridcom.com
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jeberlan
Starting Member
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Posted - February 24 2004 : 09:15:32
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| I have IIS running on the XP box. I have the read and the write privileges unchecked on the DB folder. |
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jonmadrid
VP-CART New User
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - February 24 2004 : 10:23:24
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You need those checkboxes 'checked'... indicating that Read and Write permissions are allowed. Unchecked will disallow those options. If you cant read and you can't write, you can do virtually nothing with that directory from a web perspective.
You want 'Read' checked on all folders in the site (so you can access them via browser, a.k.a. Read them) and 'Write' checked on only the database folder (so the contents of that folder can be edited). Try that and see if it solves your problems.
All the best,
Jon Madrid
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Madrid Communications
Web Design, Development, and Hosting
www.madridcom.com
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Cam
VP-CART Super User
Australia
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siraj
VP-CART New User
USA
194 Posts |
Posted - February 24 2004 : 21:26:50
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Yup,
Cam got that right... and very help for the people who just setting up the directory permsions.
GOOD LUCK.
SJ.
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jeberlan
Starting Member
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Posted - February 25 2004 : 18:16:01
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Nope. Still not there. The instruction you pointed to are for 2000. XP has no Security tab.
I even tried moving the database to the root of C: and changing to a "Drive" type in the Shop$config file. Still no dice. I can read all day, but can't write.
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siraj
VP-CART New User
USA
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jeberlan
Starting Member
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Posted - February 26 2004 : 19:45:10
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Sirag,
Not quite right, but it got me onto the right path.
First disable Simple File Sharing. This will present the Security tab on the Folder options. Then enable Write permissions for Everyone.
That did it. I'm up and running. Thanks for the help.
Is this be something that VPASP should add to the install instructions for XP Pro? I found nothing about Simple File Sharing in the install docs. |
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