upload fails with joomla CMS

[robd]

Hello,

Perhaps someone has some insight as to why I can not upload images to the CMS tool joomla running on a client site in my ispconfig setup.

Here's the output of my httpd log

84.45.205.50 - - [06/Jan/2006:09:55:19 -0500] "POST /administrator/index2.php HTTP/1.1" 301 - "http://neilnerva.org/administrator/index2.php?option=com_media&listdir=/&mosmsg=Upload+FAILED" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6"
84.45.205.50 - - [06/Jan/2006:09:55:19 -0500] "GET /administrator/index2.php?option=com_media&listdir=/&mosmsg=Upload+FAILED HTTP/1.1" 200 18505 "http://neilnerva.org/administrator/index2.php?option=com_media&listdir=/&mosmsg=Upload+FAILED" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6"
84.45.205.50 - - [06/Jan/2006:09:55:21 -0500] "GET /administrator/index3.php?option=com_media&task=list&listdir= HTTP/1.1" 200 46860 "http://neilnerva.org/administrator/index2.php?option=com_media&listdir=/&mosmsg=Upload+FAILED" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6"

And here's what is in my error log as I make an upload.

[Fri Jan 06 09:55:19 2006] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
[Fri Jan 06 09:55:19 2006] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
[Fri Jan 06 09:55:19 2006] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
[Fri Jan 06 09:55:19 2006] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
[Fri Jan 06 09:55:21 2006] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
[Fri Jan 06 09:55:21 2006] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP

My directories on the server are all set with permissions 755 (as per this thread.

Should I investigate php as su_exec (as per this thread?)

thank you in advance for any input!

[falko]

Please post the output of

ls -la /path/to/upload_directory

(replace /path/to/upload_directory with the directory that Joomla tries to upload to).

[robd]

I believe that I am uploading to /home/www/web1/web

-bash-3.00$ ls -la images/
total 116
drwxrwxr-x   6 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 .
drwx-wxr-x  17 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Dec 27 08:26 ..
drwxrwxr-x   2 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 M_images
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1352 Nov 20 23:41 apply_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1648 Nov 20 23:41 archive_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1620 Nov 20 23:41 back_f2.png
drwxrwxr-x   2 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 banners
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  151 Nov 20 23:41 blank.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  564 Nov 20 23:41 cancel.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1457 Nov 20 23:41 cancel_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1776 Nov 20 23:41 css_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1719 Nov 20 23:41 edit_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1150 Nov 20 23:41 favicon.ico
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1744 Nov 20 23:41 html_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1   44 Nov 20 23:41 index.html
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 7200 Nov 20 23:41 joomla_logo_black.jpg
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  190 Nov 20 23:41 menu_divider.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1655 Nov 20 23:41 new_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 2404 Nov 20 23:41 powered_by.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1699 Nov 20 23:41 preview_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1800 Nov 20 23:41 publish_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  698 Nov 20 23:41 save.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1822 Nov 20 23:41 save_f2.png
drwxrwxr-x   2 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 smilies
drwxrwxr-x   4 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 stories
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1525 Nov 20 23:41 unarchive_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1679 Nov 20 23:41 unpublish_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1658 Nov 20 23:41 upload_f2.png
-bash-3.00$

these permissions are 755, no?

[falko]

Originally Posted by robd

I believe that I am uploading to /home/www/web1/web

Please make sure if you're uploading to /home/www/web1/web or to a subdirectory.

Originally Posted by robd

-bash-3.00$ ls -la images/
total 116
drwxrwxr-x   6 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 .
drwx-wxr-x  17 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Dec 27 08:26 ..
drwxrwxr-x   2 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 M_images
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1352 Nov 20 23:41 apply_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1648 Nov 20 23:41 archive_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1620 Nov 20 23:41 back_f2.png
drwxrwxr-x   2 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 banners
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  151 Nov 20 23:41 blank.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  564 Nov 20 23:41 cancel.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1457 Nov 20 23:41 cancel_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1776 Nov 20 23:41 css_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1719 Nov 20 23:41 edit_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1150 Nov 20 23:41 favicon.ico
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1744 Nov 20 23:41 html_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1   44 Nov 20 23:41 index.html
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 7200 Nov 20 23:41 joomla_logo_black.jpg
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  190 Nov 20 23:41 menu_divider.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1655 Nov 20 23:41 new_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 2404 Nov 20 23:41 powered_by.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1699 Nov 20 23:41 preview_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1800 Nov 20 23:41 publish_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1  698 Nov 20 23:41 save.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1822 Nov 20 23:41 save_f2.png
drwxrwxr-x   2 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 smilies
drwxrwxr-x   4 web1_neilnerva web1 4096 Nov 20 23:44 stories
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1525 Nov 20 23:41 unarchive_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1679 Nov 20 23:41 unpublish_f2.png
-rwxrwxr-x   1 web1_neilnerva web1 1658 Nov 20 23:41 upload_f2.png
-bash-3.00$

these permissions are 755, no?

The permissions of /home/www/web1/web are 775, which means the owner web1_neilnerva and the group web1 are allowed to read (4), write (2) and execute (1); all others are only allowed to read and execute, but not to write (which includes uploads). I guess Apache is running as another user and group so you would have to make the upload directory world writable:

chmod 777 /path/to/upload_directory

[maxgen]

PHP in Apache with the CMS Joomla(prior to 1.5 i.e. 1.0.x) wants to run with user apache and group apache:

So to get a web running with joomla I have found I need to chown it and chmod it thus-
[fedora core 5 paths]
expand the joomla files or upload them to /var/www/webxx which you have created in ispconfig with the user webxx_user and a suitable db and db user (webxx_db1 & webxx_u1 with 'somepassword')
This will give the files in /var/www/webxx/web the user and group ownership of webxx_user and webxx.
Then from /var/www/webxx run the following

chown -R -v -f apache:apache web/*

then run from the same place

chmod -R -v 775 web/*

once you have done this then run your joomla install from your web browser via your chosen dns. (not pretty but it works for me - you could probably write a shell script if you were doing it often.)

PHP5 in this fedora pefect install causes some issues and I haven't worked them out yet.

[falko]

Originally Posted by maxgen

PHP5 in this fedora pefect install causes some issues and I haven't worked them out yet.

What kind of problems do you have with PHP5?