[TYPO3-linux] Fresh install of 6.2.4: Path /site/htdocs exists, but no file underneath it can be created.

[Richard McMahon]

Hello,

I am doing a fresh "newbie to TYPO3" installation of 6.2.4 onto a managed Webserver where I
 have command line access.

I followed:

docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/InstallationGuide/

-> QuickInstall

The basic path layout is:

ln -s /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/     /sites/htdocs/typo3_src

I do not have write access below htdocs but I do have write access within /home/rm21

The installer is giving the error:

Directory / is not writable
Path /site/htdocs exists, but no file underneath it can be created.

I decided to continue with the installation tool to see what happened.

new-www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/typo3/sysext/install/Start/Install.php

gives:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'TYPO3\CMS\Install\FolderStructure\Exception' with message 'Permission on /site/htdocs are already ok' in /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/FolderStructure/AbstractNode.php:137 Stack trace: #0 /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/FolderStructure/DirectoryNode.php(135): TYPO3\CMS\Install\FolderStructure\AbstractNode->fixPermission() #1 /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/FolderStructure/DirectoryNode.php(105): TYPO3\CMS\Install\FolderStructure\DirectoryNode->fixSelf() #2 /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/FolderStructure/StructureFacade.php(55): TYPO3\CMS\Install\FolderStructure\DirectoryNode->fix() #3 /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/Controller/Action/Step/EnvironmentAndFolders.php(38): TYPO3\CMS\Install\FolderStructure\StructureFacade->fix() #4 /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/Controller/StepC in /home/rm21/TYPO3/6.2.4/typo3_src-6.2.4/typo3/sysext/install/Classes/FolderStructure/AbstractNode.php on line 137

To see this I turned on php_messages in my .htaccess with:

php_flag display_startup_errors on
php_flag display_errors on
php_flag html_errors on
php_flag  log_errors on
php_value error_log  /site/htdocs/PHP_errors.log


I can reinstall in e.g. /htdocs/site/somedir and modify the htaccess file TYPO3root but I am
uneasy about going that route yet.

There is some discussion about the topic here:  forum.typo3.org/index.php/t/199701/

which says:

 why should be the root of the site writable? It is not a error to
have it write protected. Only certain directories should be writable by
TYPO3 and not the root of the site.

thanks Richard

Thanks