Installing Drupal

What file permissions should be set for the drupal file "includes/conf.php"?

I don't really want it to be globally readable because my files are on a shared server and it contains my database password in plaintext. When I change the permissions to 640 my drupal web site generates errors, what should I do?

Many Thanks, Marc

Hey there,
for me localization only works in parts. I cannot translate anything at the webinterface since the entered information doesn't seem to get saved. Do you have any idea? The specific line in conf.php looks like the following:

$languages = array("de" => "deutsch", "en" => "english");

Okay, that's a working translation I imported from kloeschen.de:

mysql> SELECT * FROM locales WHERE string = "localization";
+-----+------------------+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+--------------------------+
| lid | location | string | da | fi | fr | en | es | nl | no | sw | de |
+-----+------------------+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+--------------------------+
| 19 | /?q=admin/system | localization | | | | | | | | | Sprachunterstützung |
+-----+------------------+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

When I enter a translation at the webfrontend, nothing will get saved in the database. If I modify the database
by hand, It'll of course get saved:

mysql> SELECT * FROM locales WHERE string = "localization";
+-----+------------------+--------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+--------------------------+
| lid | location | string | da | fi | fr | en | es | nl | no | sw | de |

I can only get as far creating a database using the Plesk front-end supplied by my host. So, I've uploaded all the directories/files and have a database and user/password.

I don't seem to have access to MySQL (?) so can't get any further. I have got access to PHPMyAdmin. I've only used pMachine before which automates the bits that come next. Can anybody tell me how to proceed, please - preferably in words of not many more than one syllable? I think I'll be OK once I get to step 5.

Many thanks.

I've got my drupal mainly running, but when I moved it from my own server to my favorite ISP (futurequest.net), I get the following output from error.php:

warning: main(): stream does not support seeking in /big/dom/xmathiasconsulting/www/error.php on line 19.

Here are details about my environment:

Drupal: 4.3.1, clean urls enabled
PHP CGI Version: 4.3.2
PHP Module Version: 4.3.2
Apache Version: 1.3.28
MySQL Version: 3.23.58
Linux Kernel: 2.4.24

The error.php line in question is just:

include_once("$base_url/index.php");

What's this error about?

Also, can someone clue me in on how drupal's clean urls work? It seems as if .htaccess is redirecting not founds to error.php. But I don't see entries in my apache error log for every drupal page accessed, so obviously I'm not understanding something . . .

I submitted this problem already under a different heading.
See http://drupal.org/node/view/5366.

My question: Is there anybody out there who has installed drupal under windows succesfully???

Erik Wesselius

the only thing that seems to be hanging me up is the changes in conf.php - what am i missing???? after i upload conf.php and go to my domain, i see the following error. please help!

the error:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'drupal@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /home/selfeste/public_html/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 12
Access denied for user: 'drupal@localhost' (Using password: YES)

thank you, eva