Setting Permissions

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Hi to the forum I'm new to Zencart and would like to ask a qustion regarding setting permissions. After reading this page https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=73 and locating the admin/includes/configure.php file I noticed that your example was slightly different to the one displayed on my page.

This code is from the above tutorial-

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');


This is the code I have in the configure.php file, I was expecting to see the same code as in your example so that it can be edited-

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/allthesametext/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/allthesametext/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/allthesametext/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/allthesametext/');

My server has a tool which installed Zencart for me and was wondering if they set the security permissions automatically during the install as the /zc_install folder apears not to be there either.

Any help would be much appreciated, many thanks.

I'll get there

[Website Rob]

Hi and Welcome to the Forum.

Setting permissions on files / directories has nothing to do with what is inside the file. Easiest way for setting permissions is to use your FTP program or File Mgr. through your Hosting Control Panel; if it provides one.

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Hi and thank you for your speedy responce I'm opening the php file with the text editor my host supplies but in the tutorial it says I should change- define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');

to- define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/mysecretsite/'); where you have 'mysecretsite' I have the location of the shop although it dosn't show the full URL in the code. I'm just a little confussed, would I be right by just renaming the admin folder then adding the new file name to- define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/newfilenamehere/');

Many thanks

[Website Rob]

Here's a question, "Why are you trying to edit files?"

Is your site not working???

Also, you had asked about file permissions which is different than what you are asking about now; editing files.

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Hi, perhaps I should have called the thread security, not sure where 'setting permissions' come from I'm not trying to edit the files I was following the tutorial which suggest I do that for secruity reasons. If I dont need to edit anything all the better.

I have to nip out for half hour now so there will be a little delay in my next post, thanks.

Whoops yest the shop works fine

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Hi, sorry about that. I know where the permissions come from now, it was where I right clicked on the shop file, I was offered a few options and one was to 'change permissions', I was also reading about those in your tutorial section, read, write execute, I never altered them, just left it set at 755.