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Further to my previous comment, the commands poste...

2010-02-13T19:13:59.417Z

Further to my previous comment, the commands posted by Neville had nothing to do with Plesk 9.3.0 breaking. The problem I had stemmed from a corrupt installation of Plesk. Apologies if I alarmed anybody thinking of using this. I should reiterate that I have used it many times before and it has worked perfectly - thanks again Neville.

It does seem odd that some directory permission se...

2010-02-07T12:16:13.404Z

It does seem odd that some directory permission settings should "break" plesk. Actually I have never come across a situation where I have had to "re-build" Plesk. I don't run 9.3 as 8 works perfectly well and ironicly I did not want to break things! So sorry but can't test.

Many thanks to Neville for this post. I have used...

2010-02-07T00:44:18.301Z

Many thanks to Neville for this post. I have used it on numerous occasions and it has worked a treat to ensure Joomla works properly.

However, more recently on a new server running Plesk 9.3.0, these commands appear to break Plesk. I have had to rebuild twice.

Having said that, it could just be an unstable version of Plesk - but this does appear to trigger the break.

hi. thanks for sharing! but .. it seems this wont ...

2008-10-01T23:05:00.000+01:00

hi. thanks for sharing! but .. it seems this wont work for me. i run a home made ubuntu linux server (no plesk or foreighn hostet crap). my apache runs as www-data, my proftpd runs with umask of 002 002 pretty much out of the box (and does a good umask when used with a common ftp client), and joomla 1.5.7 . i set the SETGUID (Sticky Bit) on the joomla-root (and all subdirs) too, and if creating subdirs by hand it will work quite fine. but whenever i try to install a joomla-plugin with the joomla-web-installer the new created subdirs "look like umasked by 022" - STILL!! i dont get it WHY they are still umasked by 022 !! WHERE ?? i even set the apache to umask 002 - any suggestions ?

Thanks, I'll have a look at that.

But note ...

2008-03-01T17:02:00.000Z

Thanks, I'll have a look at that.

But note that the above doesn't set the directories as 777. But I take the point that they are writtable to any apache process. If I am not mistaken this is not a problem as plesk sets a base dir for each virtual host and so a user could not read/write outside of their directory AFAIK.

I suggest try to install mod_suphp and configure p...

2008-03-01T15:50:00.000Z

I suggest try to install mod_suphp and configure per domain. In this way the files uploaed via Joomla will get ftpuser:psacln rights and you can work with them. Also not need to be anymore 777 the folders.
See more on
http://www.web-hosting-control-panel-addons.com/description.php/HOW-TO_setup_a_PLESK_Dedicated_Server/6/

Here you can see how to setup mod_suphp to work well on a PLESK server for Joomla, Drupal, or any other similar software. Hope this help.