VBulletin 3.0 Installation problems.....

[Nivahost]

Hello guys,

I am trying to install VBulletin on my website in the /httpdocs directory. No , subdomain , no domain.com/forum.

I am getting this error when trying to run http://mydomain.com/install/install.php

This is the error :

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\httpdocs\install\install.php on line 17

Warning: main(./install/installcore.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\httpdocs\install\install.php on line 69

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './install/installcore.php' (include_path='.;./includes;./pear') in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\httpdocs\install\install.php on line 69

Any ideas how to fix this problem?
Please don't tell me to install VBulletin on a directory like : mydomain.com/forums, I tried this and it works just fine.

but I am planing to run my forums in the /httpdocs mydomain.com

Please help.

regards,
Henry

 

[mrbister]

solution

I solved the problem by adding the same credentials to the folder above httpdoc. Normally you change subfolder permissions, but I guess not in this case. Not a nice and secure solution to the problem, but it got my site going
I guess it's a Windows / IIS issue. Hope it works for you.

Regards,
Jonas

 

[Nivahost]

Hello,
Thank you for your reply but could you tell me exactly the STEP By STEP what you did?

Regards
Henry

 

[mrbister]

Hi!

I was unable to check my settings earlier, so I was unable to post reply until now.

What to do:

Browse to your subdomain's httpdocs-folder. Properties on that one, security then add your Plesk IIS User with write permission.

-Jonas

 

[Nivahost]

Hello Jonas,

I am tying to install VBulletin NOT in to a subdomain. I am trying to install it in the main httpdocs folder of my forums.com domain.

Please let me know.

Regards
Henry

 

[mrbister]

sri, I read your post a bit to fast.

Normally you change permission on the httpdocs-folder for web access, but when installing in root folder of your web you need to change the credentials on the folder above.

For example:

You have a nice domain called:
www.mydomain.com

That one is located in:
c:\inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\B]httpdocs[/B]

httdocs in this case have credentials that allow anonymous internet users to access it (IUSR).

What you need to do is allow the IUSR-account access to:
c:\inetpub\vhosts\mydomain

That folder is not a webfolder, but don't blame me, blame microsoft and vbulletin

oh, the same procedure goes for you if you ever want to install it in a subdomain

Hope this information solves your issues with vbulletin.

ps
If it does, could give me some performance feedback on vbulletin attachment download speeds from server? Asking since I get +500K/s for a single from web root, but vbulleting attachment system only gives 80-100K/s. Please try that and get back to me.
ds

-Jonas