By Jdaniel_jr on

I am in the process of installing Drupal 6.15 on my localhost - using windows xp and wamp. I am getting the error below - I know this has been reported various times and I made the change below that is recommended (created the settings.php file)

I am not sure how to provide file permissions in windows xp environment - The only option that I have is to create a share on the folder, or to click on disable the read only attribute. At this point, I am not sure what to do and gettin frusturated since I have reinstalled wamp and drupal almost 5 times now, starting from the beginning.
I see alot of responses for linux os using the unix commands - but not sure if there are commands in the windows environment for setting permissions like there are in unix /. linux.

here is the message:

"The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the installation process.
Copy the ./sites/default/default.settings.php file to ./sites/default/settings.php.
Change file permissions so that it is writable by the web server. If you are unsure how to grant file permissions, please consult the on-line handbook.
More details about installing Drupal are available in INSTALL.txt."

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markloundy’s picture

markloundy commented

I'm a Mac user, but this looks like it might contain the answer you're looking for:
http://drupal.org/node/202491

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Jdaniel_jr commented

Thanks for the links - I finally gave up and decided to try the install on my Mac using MAMP - no problems with install or adding modules. I may still go back and try and problem-solve the PC install.
-John

sierrawayfarer’s picture

sierrawayfarer commented

After you save copy and rename your default.settings.php to settings.php you have to go to line 92 of the file and enter the correct password, username, and database name that you used for setting up an empty database in mysql.

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Jdaniel_jr commented

I will give that a shot - thanks for your help !