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vishal_bhatia87
Guest
I have just created my own forum wow! its my forum techview.6te.net . Thanks for your help dude, really good tutorial. thanks
Make a forum using phpBB and install mod/hack in the forum.
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adityaksharma
Broken In
after installing i log in and then when i click on the go to administation page
i get the following message please help
Warning: main(./pagestart.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/adisha9.farvista.net/phpBB2/admin/index.php on line 31
Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './pagestart.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/www/adisha9.farvista.net/phpBB2/admin/index.php on line 31
i get the following message please help
Warning: main(./pagestart.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/adisha9.farvista.net/phpBB2/admin/index.php on line 31
Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './pagestart.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/www/adisha9.farvista.net/phpBB2/admin/index.php on line 31
The 31st line in admin/index.php
The meaning of this error is that ur admin/pagestart.php file is not in place.
Check this file and see if it uploaded....
www.yoursite.com/phpBB2/admin/pagestart.php ...if its there then try uploading it again...overwrite the old file...
Code:
require('./pagestart.' . $phpEx);The meaning of this error is that ur admin/pagestart.php file is not in place.
Check this file and see if it uploaded....
www.yoursite.com/phpBB2/admin/pagestart.php ...if its there then try uploading it again...overwrite the old file...
I figured it out..
Now i am sure that ur admin/pagestart.php is not uplloaded...
Proof:-
Try links to pagestart.php file of thinkdigit forums - *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/admin/pagestart.php and sportzforumz *dhost.info/sportzforumz/forum/admin/pagestart.php
But on your site *adisha9.farvista.net/phpBB2/admin/pagestart.php it says file not found or redirect to MSN search. So ur admin/pagestart.php is not in place. Fix It...
Now i am sure that ur admin/pagestart.php is not uplloaded...
Proof:-
Try links to pagestart.php file of thinkdigit forums - *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/admin/pagestart.php and sportzforumz *dhost.info/sportzforumz/forum/admin/pagestart.php
But on your site *adisha9.farvista.net/phpBB2/admin/pagestart.php it says file not found or redirect to MSN search. So ur admin/pagestart.php is not in place. Fix It...
harmax
Journeyman
yeah great tutorial
but my problem is :
how do the entire thing offline so that
i can create all the stuff offline,
test it offline,
make sure it works and then
upload it to the server or do the same steps i did offline online.
should i use some kind of a webserver like sun webapp server or tomcat
can somebody post a real good tutorial like this topic tutorial
but my problem is :
how do the entire thing offline so that
i can create all the stuff offline,
test it offline,
make sure it works and then
upload it to the server or do the same steps i did offline online.
should i use some kind of a webserver like sun webapp server or tomcat
can somebody post a real good tutorial like this topic tutorial
kjuvale
Pharmaguru
hi, i have created forum on dhost but after 2 days i can see files on host in ftp client /. but when i try to acces from browser they are not there . are they deleted or what.
Also ftp uploading is very slow on 56kb/ps connection. it take around 1 hr. to load PHPBB2 folder
please help.
Also ftp uploading is very slow on 56kb/ps connection. it take around 1 hr. to load PHPBB2 folder
please help.
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geek_rohit
In the zone
@harmax
You can try it! Havn't tried it offline. So not sure.
@kjuvale
The directory size is not that much. But yes it takes a bit of time on slow connection. As for the files check the file permissions and if u havn't deleted them urself then it should be there unless someone else has deleted the files. What do u see after u access it with a browser? If some error comes then pls post it here. If no error comes and it gives blank content for the diretory then check the file permissions, still if the problem is there I suggest reuploading.
You can try it! Havn't tried it offline. So not sure.
@kjuvale
The directory size is not that much. But yes it takes a bit of time on slow connection. As for the files check the file permissions and if u havn't deleted them urself then it should be there unless someone else has deleted the files. What do u see after u access it with a browser? If some error comes then pls post it here. If no error comes and it gives blank content for the diretory then check the file permissions, still if the problem is there I suggest reuploading.
kjuvale
Pharmaguru
thanks geek_rohit
but i checked the file attributes they are 744 and i am not able to change them through my ftp client.
and in browser i see a blank directory while files are there as i can see them in ftp client .
what shhould be the file attribute setting. please suugest if any setting to be changed.
and when i try to open the forum i got this error
I uploaded the google adsense first as i was not knowing the tos of dhost
but after i deleted them. can i do something now. please helpp.
but i checked the file attributes they are 744 and i am not able to change them through my ftp client.
and in browser i see a blank directory while files are there as i can see them in ftp client .
what shhould be the file attribute setting. please suugest if any setting to be changed.
and when i try to open the forum i got this error
I uploaded the google adsense first as i was not knowing the tos of dhost
but after i deleted them. can i do something now. please helpp.
adityaksharma
Broken In
i wish to set up a forum on my home pc what all will i need i use the abyss web server and php 5 hw do i add the databases plz tell me
abhishekkulkarni
Journeyman
@ Rohit
Thanx dude , for this comprehensive tutorial .
However I have one doubt .
Before starting the Installation of the forum the permissions of the config.php file have to be obviously set to 666 ie -
Owner - rw
User - rw
Public -rw
But here you say that -
Now I created two forums , one a test forum and one for my college -
Look at the index of the test forum -
*img135.imageshack.us/img135/8053/snapshot11dj.th.jpg
As is evident , the user called "chinmayjog" has been registered on to the forum successfully .
But when that user posts on to the forum let us see what his status is -
*img473.imageshack.us/img473/3103/snapshot22mr.th.jpg
Now , we see that the status of the user "chinmayjog" is still "Guest" . But if he has been showed as having registered successfully , why is he being shown as a Guest in whatever message he posts on to the forum ?
The reason for that is probably that the file permissions for the config.php should not be reset to 644 -
Permission 644 means -
Owner - rw
User - r
Public - r
If the write permission for any "user" has been set to "read" , how would any new user be acknowledged as "registered" ?
So I created another forum and did not reset the config.php permissions to 644 . And voila , it worked .....
Now what I want to know is , is my inference correct or will my problem be solved even if the permissions are reset to 644 ?
Will keeping the permissions to 666 endanger my forum in terms of security ?
Thanx dude , for this comprehensive tutorial .
However I have one doubt .
Before starting the Installation of the forum the permissions of the config.php file have to be obviously set to 666 ie -
Owner - rw
User - rw
Public -rw
But here you say that -
Now I created two forums , one a test forum and one for my college -
Look at the index of the test forum -
*img135.imageshack.us/img135/8053/snapshot11dj.th.jpg
As is evident , the user called "chinmayjog" has been registered on to the forum successfully .
But when that user posts on to the forum let us see what his status is -
*img473.imageshack.us/img473/3103/snapshot22mr.th.jpg
Now , we see that the status of the user "chinmayjog" is still "Guest" . But if he has been showed as having registered successfully , why is he being shown as a Guest in whatever message he posts on to the forum ?
The reason for that is probably that the file permissions for the config.php should not be reset to 644 -
Permission 644 means -
Owner - rw
User - r
Public - r
If the write permission for any "user" has been set to "read" , how would any new user be acknowledged as "registered" ?
So I created another forum and did not reset the config.php permissions to 644 . And voila , it worked .....
Now what I want to know is , is my inference correct or will my problem be solved even if the permissions are reset to 644 ?
Will keeping the permissions to 666 endanger my forum in terms of security ?
abhishekkulkarni
Journeyman
I was hoping that somebody would solve my problem ......
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geek_rohit
In the zone
Well first of all, config.php contains the database details for your forum, like the database host, database name, database username and password. So we change the file permission of that file during the installation so that the installer can write to that file. After the installation we change that back to 644 so that it isn't writable to anyone other than the admin becuase the settings have been made and the connection was successful to the db. Changing the file contents will cause problems, as the forum won't be able to connect to the db. So yes it will endanger your forum security if u don't change to 644.
As for the reason why he is shown as guest is quite simple, he must have not logged in and posted as a guest. Because if u look closely the username he registered was "chinmayjog", and that topic poster was "Chinmay Jog". So probably he didn't log into the forum and replied as a guest.
As for the config.php, that file is just for the database connectivity, the file permissions of that file has nothing to do with the user status, because if the config.php's content is changed, the forum won't work at all!
As for the reason why he is shown as guest is quite simple, he must have not logged in and posted as a guest. Because if u look closely the username he registered was "chinmayjog", and that topic poster was "Chinmay Jog". So probably he didn't log into the forum and replied as a guest.
As for the config.php, that file is just for the database connectivity, the file permissions of that file has nothing to do with the user status, because if the config.php's content is changed, the forum won't work at all!
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