500 Internal Server Error on my Admin Page

So, I just installed Zen Cart because i think i'm gonna want it over OSCommerce, but i get a 500 Server Error when I try to access the Admin Page. I have tried setting config files to 444 chmod, and the dist-config ones to 444 / 777 as well. I have also tried renaming the .htaccess file. Any ideas? Thanks in advanced,

Harry.

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So, I just installed Zen Cart because i think i'm gonna want it over OSCommerce, but i get a 500 Server Error when I try to access the Admin Page. I have tried setting config files to 444 chmod, and the dist-config ones to 444 / 777 as well. I have also tried renaming the .htaccess file. Any ideas? Thanks in advanced,

Harry.
If you have CPanel or any kind of access to the server, check the server log for a more detailed error message.

Alright. i'll do that right now.

edit:

[Wed Oct 22 08:11:00 2008] [error] [client 24.183.59.74] SoftException in Application.cpp:544: Directory "/home/trent/public_html/zencart/admin" is writeable by group

is the error.

i changed permissions on that folder to 644 and 444(through cpanel) and no go. maybe 750? (testing now)

EDIT:

tested 750, didnt work. I realized that i had renamed the .htaccess file, I just named it back, tested the permissions and now I just get a 404 error. Sounds like more of what i've been reading in other posts....i'll go look around for a bit.

OK, So Now I'm getting a 403 Permission error where i dont have permission to access the page....any ideas?

You should be using the following for everything:

755 directory permissions
644 file permissions

Only two files may need to be changed. Try the above first. If you get a big red error msg. then use your Hosting Control Panel to change these two files and use 444 permissions;

includes/configure.php
admin/includes/configure.php

Usually this works: 644 for files, 755 for folders. Your host may have a different requirement.

If you have access to Shell, go to that folder and do this:
find . -type d | xargs chmod 755
find . -type f | xargs chmod 644

Thanks man. I just fixed, then refreshed page to tell you i fixed it by switching over to 755. :-O Thanks again.