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#3553 Temporary directory unwritable - unable to find

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 06 October 2009 07:42 CDT

Sunday, 04 October 2009 03:26 CDT

user7189
I'm unable to find what folder this error is refering to.
My joomla tmp folder is moved from the usual place. Might this have borked it? and if so where to I change the link?

Sunday, 04 October 2009 04:30 CDT

dlb
The tmp folder is defined in the Joomla! Global Configuration screen. In theory, it can be moved anywhere, but there are several things that can go wrong depending on your server setup.


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Sunday, 04 October 2009 11:31 CDT

user7189
well it's moved outside of the public http folders for security concerns. And joomla uses it just fine.

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 07:42 CDT

nicholas
Joomla! may be able to use the temporary directory if you are using the Joomla! FTP layer. For technical reasons, JoomlaPack can't use the FTP layer when writing to temporary files (we have to append data to files, which is not supported by the FTP layer). As a result, the temporary directory must be writeable by the user your web server software runs under. Since it is placed above your public web root, you can safely give it 0777 permissions.

If you need more information on users, groups, permissions, ownership and the interaction of those when administering your web site, you are welcome to read my Introduction to web site administration, the part of JoomlaPack's documentation where I try to shed light to all those obscure things. It's a tough read, but well worth the trouble, at least according to what other users have told me :)

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