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Hi I am a super admin to a site and wish to pull the site of line while testing and only available to Super admins,
When I choose this in system pref/general configuration/is system on? I choose No and press update and when it refreshes it comes back with yes

secondly when trying to update my account/customise cp/control panel home page and toggle the settings I wish, when I press update and the page refreshes, it refreshes in its original state.

any ideas

thank you
Kelli

ExpressionEngine 1.6.3

Build:  20080319

Kelli, check that your config.php file in the system directory is writable.

Does that make sense?

checked out the config.php file was 644, i changed it to 666,

however it still doesn’t update

Looks like EE can’t find that file in system/language/english. Make sure it’s there, and the permissions are correct.

Have you tried reloading that file? It should go into the /system/language/english folder (assuming you’re using English as your language.

hi
I figured that one out about the lang file for some strange reason it got renamed to my system folder file within the system folder. weird any how corrected that but having changed permissions on the config.php file it still doesn’t update

Kelli, do you have a /system/language/english folder?

yes I do,
/system/language/english
I have this folder, though having changed the permissions on config.php to 666, it still doesn’t update, I’ve cleared the cache, and at a loss why I can’t update
thanks
Kelli

666 might not be sufficient. Try 777, or at least 555 (I have 755 on mine). You should probably have the “executable” flag on all your EE directories.

Nevermind, I was talking about directories, not your config.php. 666 is fine there.

my system directory is 755, same as yours right?

system folder 755
config.php 666

what are the correct permissions?

this is till not updating, any ideas please

Hi, Kelli,

Could you paste your config.php into a response here?  Please first make sure you edit out the database and path details from it.

Thanks!

<?php

if ( ! defined(‘EXT’)){
exit('Invalid file request');
}

$conf[‘app_version’] = “163”;
$conf[‘license_number’] = “123”;
$conf[‘debug’] = “1”;
$conf[‘install_lock’] = “1”;
$conf[‘db_hostname’] = “localhost”;
$conf[‘db_username’] = “abc_eengine”;
$conf[‘db_password’] = “abc”;
$conf[‘db_name’] = “abc”;
$conf[‘db_type’] = “mysql”;
$conf[‘db_prefix’] = “exp”;
$conf[‘db_conntype’] = “0”;
$conf[‘system_folder’] = “abc”;
$conf[‘cp_url’] = “http://www.abc.com/abc/index.php”;
$conf[‘doc_url’] = “http://expressionengine.com/docs/”;
$conf[‘is_system_on’] = “y”;
$conf[‘allow_extensions’] = “y”;
$conf[‘multiple_sites_enabled’] = “n”;
$conf[‘forum_is_installed’] = “y”;
$conf[‘sc_paypal_account’] = “”;
$conf[‘sc_encrypt_buttons’] = “n”;
$conf[‘sc_certificate_id’] = “”;
$conf[‘sc_public_certificate’] = “”;
$conf[‘sc_private_key’] = “”;
$conf[‘sc_paypal_certificate’] = “”;
$conf[‘sc_temp_path’] = “/tmp”;
$conf[‘ip2nation’] = “y”;
$conf[‘htaccess_path’] = “/home/abc/public_html/.htaccess”;
$conf[‘cookie_prefix’] = “”;
?>

Alright, I’m not sure why the permissions for config.php are 666 and its not updating. It could be an ownership issue on the file. What you can do to get up and running right now is change this line:

$conf['is_system_on'] = "y";

and replace y with n.

You might also ask your host if he can make sure PHP is able to write to that file, and that the owner/group permissions are correct.