Installing Drupal

Is it possible to set the public and private file system during install of Drupal 7 (in profiles, myprofile.install)? If yes, can some one show me how?

Thanks.

Hello, I have solved this problem before but can't remember how.

I downloaded a copy of my sql database in a zip file. Now I want to create a local version of my site. The steps go well until I got to update.php.
After altering settings.php for update_free_access = true;
I can only access the front page.
All other pages are access denied.

I have read and performed the Securing file permissions and ownership setup
http://drupal.org/node/244924

I apologize in advance but whenever i am working on one of these cms for a client I end up spending hours and hours just searching through forums to see if a question has been answered already - so it may have been but I couldn't find it -

When I install drupal - in order for it to take the database I have to 1. enable remote in the phpmyadmin
2. enter the remote web address and port number

then it installs fine. this is the second time this is installing in this way.

My host provider prefers not to utilize php_pdo_mysql due to it being a security concern. Now, I do not know how Moodle is making a connection, yet I was able to load Moodle and connect to the database, so must be connecting in a way other than through php_pdo_mysql. Additionally, phpMyAdmin is NOT loaded, so I wonder whether anyone knows of an alternative approach that Moodle might be using and whether the approach can be utilized in a Drupal setup as well. The MySQL database I'm looking to reach is located on a different server, so need to access through a host other than 'localhost'.

I was trying to build a small modules and have created a folder with the module name. I have created two file one with .module and another with .info file extension inside the modules directory with the required details. But it is showing an error "This version is not compatible with Drupal 7.x and should be replaced".

Hi There,

how would I install a Copy of a Drupal website on my local WAMP server.
All the files are in a folder.
I have imported the accompanying database file in mySQl and shifted the folder into my localhost.
When I retrieve the site though, I get an error that: The site is currently not available due to technical problems.

If anyone would have a suggestion or a step by step guide how to install a copy of a Drupal site on my local server that would be very nice.
Many thanks and sorry if this is a stupid question.

Bernd