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When i go to install the forum it says that i didnt change the chmod but i did:
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PHP Version: 4.4.1
PHP XML Extensions: Installed
Configuration File Writable: Writable
Settings File Writable: Writable
File Uploads Directory Writable: Writable
Avatar Uploads Directory Writable: Not Writable
Error

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The avatars directory (uploads/avatars/) is not writable. Please adjust the chmod permissions to allow it to be written to.

What do i do. I tried to change it over and over again.

What did you chmod the uploads/avatars directory to?

It needs to be writable, so something like 666 or 777.

I changed it to 666 as the installation guide said.

Oh! I just changed it to 777 and it worked. Thanks!

I am having the same problem while trying to go through the install process. I have tried changing the avatars folder to permissions 666 and 777 and nothing seems to work!

Can someone help me with this, I am stuck from this point until i get this figured out.

Thanks.

heloo there

did u make both uploads and avatars as 777

also did u try to restart the installation from the 1st step


regards

Ok now it works, i guess i had to setup both the uploads and the avatars folder both to 777. Once i did that and retried the process it seem to work!

Thanks for your help.

It's really strange. When I first installed MyBB it said to CHMOD the ./uploads and ./uploads/avatars folders to 666. For whatever reason, it didn't work and I couldn't go back and change the CHMOD settings. I did a fresh install in another directory and CHMODed folders to 777 and the rest of the installation worked. Maybe to installation instructions need to be updated.

The difference between 6 and 7 is the execute bit. The execute bit on a directory really means "explore" (ie you can list files there).