Ludek wrote on Jul 14^th, 2012 at 8:10pm:


Edited:


this is a general dir and file chmod list that has the chmod for most yabbs 1.x 2.x but not all.

so for 2.5 will look like this
KEY *.*=all dirs/files *.help= all files ending with .help and so forth i.e. *.pl

cgi-bin/yabb2   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/AdminIndex.pl   -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Setup.pl   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Paths.pl   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Admin   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Boards   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Boards/*.*   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Admin   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Admin/*.help   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Gmod   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Gmod/*.help   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Moderator   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Moderator/*.help   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/User   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/User/*.help   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/*.txt  -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/*.lng  -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/admin.*   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.ims   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.log   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.passes   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.msg   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.rlog   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.ttl   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.txt   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*.vars   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Messages   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Messages/*.ctb   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Messages/*.txt   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)

NOT IN THE general dir and file chmod list but in YaBB 2.5
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/    drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Tar.pm    drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip.pm    drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Tar   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Tar/Constant.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Tar/File.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/Archive.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/BufferedFileHandle.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/DirectoryMember.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/FAQ.pod   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/FileMember.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/Member.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/MemberRead.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/MockFileHandle.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/NewFileMember.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/StringMember.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/Tree.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Archive/Zip/ZipFileMember.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Digest/HMAC.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Digest/HMAC_MD5.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Email/   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Email/Date/   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Email/Date/Format.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/MIME/   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/MIME/Lite.pm   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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cgi-bin/yabb2/Sources   drwxr-xr-x (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Sources/*.pl   -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates/default   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates/default/*.*   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Variables   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
cgi-bin/yabb2/Variables/*.*   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)

Templates must be o+x so that YaBB can read the files inside. Variables must be o+wx because this is where variables are to be created.

public_html Files

The following files in your public_html directory need to have their permissions altered. Please note that this list does not include files for which no change is needed.

yabbfiles/ all *.js   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
yabbfiles/mediaplayer.swf   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
yabbfiles/Attachments   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/Buttons/English   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/Buttons/English/*.*   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/shjs   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/shjs/*.*   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
yabbfiles/shjs/styles   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/shjs/styles/sh_style.css   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
yabbfiles/smilies   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/smilies/*.*   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/Templates/Admin/default.css   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)
yabbfiles/Templates/Forum   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 755)
yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default.css   -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666)

hope this is of more help to you and think i got most of it

depablo wrote on Jul 14^th, 2012 at 9:42pm:


thanks depablo     your not so bad yourself  

Hello to Everyone!  

Phew! I think I'm a little clearer - I'm not sure I'm clearer but I think I may be...

Firstly the list of files I sent to the host came from the Yabb installation guide here: http://www.yabbforum.com/codex/YaBB.pl?num=1190660838

This guide doesn't mention any differences between the versions I don't think?

On an associated subject the host has just written to say that my old board is still available so I can request that they just transfer the whole thing across and then I'll update from there - at least I know the one I had worked!

Can I establish exactly what files I need for v2.5 and what permissions I need for them? Is this written somewhere?

Is the download version of 2.5 complete then and the permissions for the remaining files as shown in the install guide? And to complete the installation just set the correct permissions and hey presto?

Is that whole list of 'missing' files redundant? And therefore the site should work without them?

I would like to be absolutely clear about this as I'm relaying this to not very helpful people who are already mentally stretched by the whole exercise!

Thanks again to everyone who has taken the trouble to respond.

Ludek  

To everyone who's been helping, thanks. This has been a learning experience for me, which is appreciated.

By the way, I can confirm that what's been stated about version 2.4 is correct. I guess I should also point out that our forum appears to be missing 3 perl modules, but we don't need them, so it's all good for us.

If it's of any help to anyone, the following perl modules are evidently what are missing for us, but again, not needed:

Net/SMTP/TLS.pm - "Used to send emails via SMTP::TLS."

Compress/Bzip2.pm - "Used for the Backup feature."

Crypt/SSLeay.pm - "Used by "GoogieSpell", our Spell Checker"

In any case, it seems the suggestion to consider KnownHost is a good one. While I can't vouch for them personally, it's my understanding that YaBB forums can be operated just fine.

Also, I think this forum is hosted by UK2, and it seems they have some great pricing plans.

Our domains are hosted on a dedicated server, which has its advantages, but that's at a higher cost of course. However, our operations needed that higher level of performance.

As for VPS hosting, I'm barely familiar with it, but it looks pretty terrific, and quite frankly, that would probably work with how I'm operating our company now, i.e., more or less in retirement mode; at least until our next project.

A year or so ago I moved all but one of our domains onto a brand new server. Thankfully, however, the technicians were apprised of our YaBB forum, and successfully migrated everything over per my instructions.

I mention this because I believe there was a temporary issue regarding perl, but of course that was resolved as expected. I admit that I did paid some overtime for a more thorough migration, but not because of YaBB; only because I wanted to make sure that our migration was perfectly enabled.

I'm wishing the best for Ludek. 

Derek - thank you for clarifying where that list might have possibly come from. I hadn't realized they were included in earlier editions (the change probably took place prior at 2.3 or earlier as I've been told that 2.3/2.4/2.5 are all pretty similar, code-wise and I know they weren't in 2.4.)

And yes - any host that so limits what should be a simple ftp and site admin function is one to get well away from.

Ludek wrote on Jul 12^th, 2012 at 8:37pm:


Hi everyone.

This thread has been bothering me ever since it first started because I had seen all the files mentioned above in red before and could not figure out where.

Tonight it suddenly hit me that they were in older versions of YaBB so I downloaded version 2.2 and there they all were as listed above.

Not sure when the Module files all changed but they must have sometime after 2.2

So I guess the question needs to be asked Ludek, where did you get your file list from that you sent your host? Was it from your current 2.5 download or from your previous forum??

You need to get the file and chmod list from the Quick-Guide in the 2.5 download only.

Cheers


Derek

Hello and thanks for the helpful response,

I think they think they should be in Yabb because I sent them the list of permissions to change which includes all of the necessary files/folders and of course they could not find them.

The comment on the Admin page was my understanding also. If I can get to that page I was hoping the use Yabb's own tools to identify and correct any probs. Is this how it works?

I have taken another tack with my hosting company now also. I have asked them to either allow me access to my old installation so I can transfer it across or to recommend a bulletin board they are familiar with or thirdly to install Yabb themselves (meaning they can have access to the necessary help files).

Mind you I don't have much hope they will accept this invitation!  

Onwards and upwards...

PS I had a look at the CPAN site and could make out neither head nor tail of it I'm afraid. If I have to resort to using it I may need some further hand holding!

Thanks again to everyone,

Ludek  

Hi,

No, I have asked my host if they can install the missing files themselves but apparently (and not surprisingly) they don't do things like that!

I've got to log off now for a while - I'll reply around this time tomorrow.

Thanks again,

Ludek