Fantastico install "includes" chmod problem

Hello all

Ok...

My host has the option of using Fantastico for easy install of things like Zen Cart (1.3.8a). All was well until I looked at the site and there was a warning about /includes needing changing to 644 or 444, but when I made the change (which I think I did correctly), the home page became an error page - line 26 error or something.

Is this a common problem that someone would know how to fix?

Thanks.

I looked at the site and there was a warning about /includes needing changing to 644 or 444, but when I made the change (which I think I did correctly),
You will have to be more precise as to what the message was and what you have changed???

Most likely, it told you that your /includes/configure.php needing to be chmod to 444
Not the /includes folder - - match it's permissions to other folders
Might be 755

I just encountered the same problem. The actual error message reads:

Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/kcmunchi/public_html/shop/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file (read-only, CHMOD 644 or 444 are typical). You may need to use your webhost control panel/file-manager to change the permissions effectively. Contact your webhost for assistance.

This is after I installed Zen in the subdirectory "shop" and changed the permissions on the "shop" directory to 444.

I went back and changed the "shop" directory to 755 and then changed the configure.php to 444 (it was 644) and the error message is gone and I can get to the login screen now.
Thanks Kobra

I couldn't find that configure file before, but I've found it and changed it to 444. During the installation, fantastico says that the file is configured (and to be fair, I think 644 can work) but I too changed it to 444 and it's fine now.

Broc:

I couldn't find that configure file before, but I've found it and changed it to 444. During the installation, fantastico says that the file is configured (and to be fair, I think 644 can work) but I too changed it to 444 and it's fine now.
What is required differs upon the server configuration your host is using