Moodle installation issue





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I am trying to install moodle onto my web sever, but it can't create the moodle data directory, because of missing write permissions:




Parent directory (/var/www) is not writeable. Data directory (/var/www/moodledata) cannot be created by the installer.
I have tried to set chmod 777 & 666 to the www directory, but it still doesn't work...




ls -al result:



drwxrwsrwx+  4 apache apache   31 Dec  8 15:49 www


Edit:



My permissions for the www folder are just ultimately messed up, because i don't understand a thing about permissions could someone help me fix them up? I need to also allow sftp_users group to access the files:



ls -al on www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 www


ls -al inside www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 .
drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Dec 8 17:29 ..
drwxrwx---. 2 root sftp_users 6 Aug 24 21:12 cgi-bin
drwxrws---+ 3 root sftp_users 35 Dec 8 19:36 html
drwxrwsr-x+ 2 root sftp_users 6 Dec 8 19:35 moodledata









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  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=164786 - scroll to bottom answer by Jason Vore... Do you have root/SSH access to your server?

    – Kinnectus
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:27











  • Not root ssh access, but ssh access.

    – Jojo Coana
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:30











  • Very late response, but for other searchers: computer programming questions like this should rather be asked at StackOverflow.com (they actually have a Moodle tag)

    – Ochado
    Apr 29 '18 at 2:13











  • I would disagree. This is clearly not about programming (though I understand why StackOverflow might have a moodle tag). Assuming this wouldn't be appropriate here (since the software under discussion is a CMS), it would almost certainly be more appropriate for the Webmasters SE (which has a moodle tag as well).

    – Anaksunaman
    Apr 29 '18 at 7:47




















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I am trying to install moodle onto my web sever, but it can't create the moodle data directory, because of missing write permissions:




Parent directory (/var/www) is not writeable. Data directory (/var/www/moodledata) cannot be created by the installer.
I have tried to set chmod 777 & 666 to the www directory, but it still doesn't work...




ls -al result:



drwxrwsrwx+  4 apache apache   31 Dec  8 15:49 www


Edit:



My permissions for the www folder are just ultimately messed up, because i don't understand a thing about permissions could someone help me fix them up? I need to also allow sftp_users group to access the files:



ls -al on www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 www


ls -al inside www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 .
drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Dec 8 17:29 ..
drwxrwx---. 2 root sftp_users 6 Aug 24 21:12 cgi-bin
drwxrws---+ 3 root sftp_users 35 Dec 8 19:36 html
drwxrwsr-x+ 2 root sftp_users 6 Dec 8 19:35 moodledata









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  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=164786 - scroll to bottom answer by Jason Vore... Do you have root/SSH access to your server?

    – Kinnectus
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:27











  • Not root ssh access, but ssh access.

    – Jojo Coana
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:30











  • Very late response, but for other searchers: computer programming questions like this should rather be asked at StackOverflow.com (they actually have a Moodle tag)

    – Ochado
    Apr 29 '18 at 2:13











  • I would disagree. This is clearly not about programming (though I understand why StackOverflow might have a moodle tag). Assuming this wouldn't be appropriate here (since the software under discussion is a CMS), it would almost certainly be more appropriate for the Webmasters SE (which has a moodle tag as well).

    – Anaksunaman
    Apr 29 '18 at 7:47
















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I am trying to install moodle onto my web sever, but it can't create the moodle data directory, because of missing write permissions:




Parent directory (/var/www) is not writeable. Data directory (/var/www/moodledata) cannot be created by the installer.
I have tried to set chmod 777 & 666 to the www directory, but it still doesn't work...




ls -al result:



drwxrwsrwx+  4 apache apache   31 Dec  8 15:49 www


Edit:



My permissions for the www folder are just ultimately messed up, because i don't understand a thing about permissions could someone help me fix them up? I need to also allow sftp_users group to access the files:



ls -al on www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 www


ls -al inside www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 .
drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Dec 8 17:29 ..
drwxrwx---. 2 root sftp_users 6 Aug 24 21:12 cgi-bin
drwxrws---+ 3 root sftp_users 35 Dec 8 19:36 html
drwxrwsr-x+ 2 root sftp_users 6 Dec 8 19:35 moodledata









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I am trying to install moodle onto my web sever, but it can't create the moodle data directory, because of missing write permissions:




Parent directory (/var/www) is not writeable. Data directory (/var/www/moodledata) cannot be created by the installer.
I have tried to set chmod 777 & 666 to the www directory, but it still doesn't work...




ls -al result:



drwxrwsrwx+  4 apache apache   31 Dec  8 15:49 www


Edit:



My permissions for the www folder are just ultimately messed up, because i don't understand a thing about permissions could someone help me fix them up? I need to also allow sftp_users group to access the files:



ls -al on www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 www


ls -al inside www:



drwxrwsrwx+  5 apache sftp_users   48 Dec  8 19:35 .
drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Dec 8 17:29 ..
drwxrwx---. 2 root sftp_users 6 Aug 24 21:12 cgi-bin
drwxrws---+ 3 root sftp_users 35 Dec 8 19:36 html
drwxrwsr-x+ 2 root sftp_users 6 Dec 8 19:35 moodledata






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  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=164786 - scroll to bottom answer by Jason Vore... Do you have root/SSH access to your server?

    – Kinnectus
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:27











  • Not root ssh access, but ssh access.

    – Jojo Coana
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:30











  • Very late response, but for other searchers: computer programming questions like this should rather be asked at StackOverflow.com (they actually have a Moodle tag)

    – Ochado
    Apr 29 '18 at 2:13











  • I would disagree. This is clearly not about programming (though I understand why StackOverflow might have a moodle tag). Assuming this wouldn't be appropriate here (since the software under discussion is a CMS), it would almost certainly be more appropriate for the Webmasters SE (which has a moodle tag as well).

    – Anaksunaman
    Apr 29 '18 at 7:47





















  • moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=164786 - scroll to bottom answer by Jason Vore... Do you have root/SSH access to your server?

    – Kinnectus
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:27











  • Not root ssh access, but ssh access.

    – Jojo Coana
    Dec 8 '15 at 17:30











  • Very late response, but for other searchers: computer programming questions like this should rather be asked at StackOverflow.com (they actually have a Moodle tag)

    – Ochado
    Apr 29 '18 at 2:13











  • I would disagree. This is clearly not about programming (though I understand why StackOverflow might have a moodle tag). Assuming this wouldn't be appropriate here (since the software under discussion is a CMS), it would almost certainly be more appropriate for the Webmasters SE (which has a moodle tag as well).

    – Anaksunaman
    Apr 29 '18 at 7:47



















moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=164786 - scroll to bottom answer by Jason Vore... Do you have root/SSH access to your server?

– Kinnectus
Dec 8 '15 at 17:27





moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=164786 - scroll to bottom answer by Jason Vore... Do you have root/SSH access to your server?

– Kinnectus
Dec 8 '15 at 17:27













Not root ssh access, but ssh access.

– Jojo Coana
Dec 8 '15 at 17:30





Not root ssh access, but ssh access.

– Jojo Coana
Dec 8 '15 at 17:30













Very late response, but for other searchers: computer programming questions like this should rather be asked at StackOverflow.com (they actually have a Moodle tag)

– Ochado
Apr 29 '18 at 2:13





Very late response, but for other searchers: computer programming questions like this should rather be asked at StackOverflow.com (they actually have a Moodle tag)

– Ochado
Apr 29 '18 at 2:13













I would disagree. This is clearly not about programming (though I understand why StackOverflow might have a moodle tag). Assuming this wouldn't be appropriate here (since the software under discussion is a CMS), it would almost certainly be more appropriate for the Webmasters SE (which has a moodle tag as well).

– Anaksunaman
Apr 29 '18 at 7:47







I would disagree. This is clearly not about programming (though I understand why StackOverflow might have a moodle tag). Assuming this wouldn't be appropriate here (since the software under discussion is a CMS), it would almost certainly be more appropriate for the Webmasters SE (which has a moodle tag as well).

– Anaksunaman
Apr 29 '18 at 7:47












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It could be that selinux is blocking access. Check it with command getenforce. If the result is Enforce, then you may want to change it to Permissive, with command setenforce 0 or setenforce Permissive. You can also disable selinux by editing /etc/selinux/config and setting SELINUX = disabled. Reboot would be required in that case.
Also - is the directory ./moodledata a www directory for moodle or is it directory for file storage? If the second case, best is to move it outside the www directory, a designated directory in / like /moodledata and then set permissions on that directory for apache (or put this folder on separate disk or SAN share or NFS).






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    It could be that selinux is blocking access. Check it with command getenforce. If the result is Enforce, then you may want to change it to Permissive, with command setenforce 0 or setenforce Permissive. You can also disable selinux by editing /etc/selinux/config and setting SELINUX = disabled. Reboot would be required in that case.
    Also - is the directory ./moodledata a www directory for moodle or is it directory for file storage? If the second case, best is to move it outside the www directory, a designated directory in / like /moodledata and then set permissions on that directory for apache (or put this folder on separate disk or SAN share or NFS).






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      It could be that selinux is blocking access. Check it with command getenforce. If the result is Enforce, then you may want to change it to Permissive, with command setenforce 0 or setenforce Permissive. You can also disable selinux by editing /etc/selinux/config and setting SELINUX = disabled. Reboot would be required in that case.
      Also - is the directory ./moodledata a www directory for moodle or is it directory for file storage? If the second case, best is to move it outside the www directory, a designated directory in / like /moodledata and then set permissions on that directory for apache (or put this folder on separate disk or SAN share or NFS).






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        It could be that selinux is blocking access. Check it with command getenforce. If the result is Enforce, then you may want to change it to Permissive, with command setenforce 0 or setenforce Permissive. You can also disable selinux by editing /etc/selinux/config and setting SELINUX = disabled. Reboot would be required in that case.
        Also - is the directory ./moodledata a www directory for moodle or is it directory for file storage? If the second case, best is to move it outside the www directory, a designated directory in / like /moodledata and then set permissions on that directory for apache (or put this folder on separate disk or SAN share or NFS).






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        It could be that selinux is blocking access. Check it with command getenforce. If the result is Enforce, then you may want to change it to Permissive, with command setenforce 0 or setenforce Permissive. You can also disable selinux by editing /etc/selinux/config and setting SELINUX = disabled. Reboot would be required in that case.
        Also - is the directory ./moodledata a www directory for moodle or is it directory for file storage? If the second case, best is to move it outside the www directory, a designated directory in / like /moodledata and then set permissions on that directory for apache (or put this folder on separate disk or SAN share or NFS).







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