there's a parameter to turn off ALL fields.

if you want to turn off only some fields, then you will have to delete them manually on the file

/components/com_muscol/views/album/tmpl/default.php

lines 138 to 200 approx

I cannot overwrite the file.

When I try to overwrite default.php I get a critical error that says:

Response: 553 Rename/move failure: Permission denied
Error: Critical error

well, thats your servers configuration... you should have permission to write your own files!!!

I do have permission to write my own files. the only files I can't write on the server are ones for your component......

well, thats because the server assigned them a different user or permission when copying the files. check it with any FTP program... and give those files full permissions!!

It's not my server it's something to do with your component.

Look at Picture 1, I went into another directory on this server and changed the permissions on wp-config.php to 666 and it changed with no issues.

Look at Picture 2, I went into your component and it will not allow any changes to permissions, I cannot upload, etc..

I have full control over this server, I went into WHM and Cpanel and cannot change anything in your component but have full control over everything else.

What can be causing this??

sorry, the images wouldn't post on the initial post.

sincerely, I have no idea. Our component does not makes any restriction on folder or anythiing similar. You're the first to report us this issue... I dont think it's something of our component, we have more than 300 users and nobody reported this.

anyway I'll be glad to take a look if you give me access to the cpanel

hey, I was thinking...

in fact is not a 'component' issue. it has something to do with the albums folder, wich you created manually... so it has NOOOOTHING to do with the component. try to create any other folder just like you created the albums one. have you access to it? or you have the same problem as with albums?

Ok. I tried to create directories and here's my results.

I created one at the root site level

one at the components level

and when I get into your component, I get the error.

here is image of test directory created in /components/

mmm well, I see two thing here: first, the com_muscol directory has 755 while all the others have 777.. why is that? cant you change it to 777? when you install another component, the folder also gets 755 or gets 777?

second: what is that com_muscol_1.5.0_pro folder doing there?? it shouldn't be there. did you puted it there? (the only folder should be com_muscol)

No idea why the other folder is there. I just deleted it.

It will not allow me to change the permissions to 777 on the com_muscol folder.

I sent you an email with FTP info. I wonder if it has something to do with turning off FTP in the admin area, remember it wouldn't upload any modules or components with FTP enabled?

yes I remember..

I dont know. try to enable the FTP layer for a while and see if you can change the permissions...

no that won't work either, it won't change back to enable FTP, it gives an error from when I assume it's trying to write folders and not allowed. so it won't allow FTP to be enabled now.

Ok, I've spent the last 2 hours trying to figure this out..


It is because your components when installed using the Install feature in Joomla set the username to NOBODY, unless I go into my server config and enable phpsuexec (which is a security risk).


I'm sure you see the problem with this and unless I change my apache configuration on the server, I cannot make any modifications or edits to anything which defeats the purpose of doing this.

I also don't want to be presented with other issues down the road by enabling suexec

what can we do?

The solution is to login to SSH (you have to be logged in at root level) and CHOWN (change ownership) of the files that were changed to NOBODY to your Username. You have to change the group as well.

It will look like this now. 99 99

which is

user - Nobody
group - Nobdy

So it needs to be changed to username username

here is the command to change it, once you login to SSH, navigate to the public_html directory

then use

chown -R username:username foldername

(where username is your username and foldername is the folder you want to change) the above is case sensitive