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« on: April 09, 2002, 06:15:43 PM »		 Reply with quote
Hi,
I tried the converter.php to import boards from my YabbGold folder. Everything went fine, until I got the following error; immediately after having filled in the mysql hostname etc page, and hitting "Proceed":

Warning: file("/home/dir/to/mysite/cgi-bin/yabb/Variables/agreement.txt") - Permission denied in /home/dir/to/mysite/discuss/converter.php on line 244
I get the same warning for every file inside the Variables directory. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2002, 06:33:36 PM »		 Reply with quote
set chmod of all files in this directory to 666
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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2002, 11:08:47 AM »		 Reply with quote
Quote from: mediman on April 09, 2002, 06:33:36 PMset chmod of all files in this directory to 666
So every file within the yabb folder needs to be chmod 666? Or just the files within the "Variables" subfolder?
And how do I chmod the (sub)directories themselves (yabb, Variables, ...)? Chmod 777 or 755?
Thanks for your help...
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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2002, 01:04:15 PM »		 Reply with quote
If you're converting and going to kill the old forum, just chmod everything to 777 and run the converter.
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2002, 09:36:44 AM »		 Reply with quote
Quote from: Jeff Lewis on April 10, 2002, 01:04:15 PMIf you're converting and going to kill the old forum, just chmod everything to 777 and run the converter.
Chmodded everything within the YaBBGold directory to 777; ran the converter; still get the exact same error-messages...  :-\
Any other suggestions? Does the converter.php have to be inside a particular folder (the YabbGold, or the YabbSE)? I placed it one level higher than both directories.
The site is hosted by dreamhost.com btw, if that's of any relevance...
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2002, 12:52:54 PM »		 Reply with quote
When I get this problem, I find that it's often due to directory restrictions.

Try copying your y1g data into a subfolder of your yabbse dierctory and converting out of there.

For example if you're installing into /home/dir/to/mysite/yabbse/  create a directory /home/dir/to/mysite/yabbse/YaBB/ and put your YaBB 1 Gold data into there and do the conversion.

The reason this may work instead is because often you aren't allowed to edit files that are in a different root directory.
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2002, 06:13:22 PM »		 Reply with quote
You, Sir, have been an absolute lifesaver!!  :D
I got the whole thing converted to yabb SE effortlessly, following your instructions. Thanks, thanks thanks!!
This forum rocks!  :)
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