What does this Movable Type error mean?

June 10, 2004 8:15 PM

Movable Type help! I've been running into this error for the past few weeks; have tried everything short of complete reinstall without success:
Writing to '/home/httpd/vhosts/[host name]/httpdocs/[account name]/rsd.xml.new' failed: Opening local file
'/home/httpd/vhosts/[host name]/httpdocs/[account name]/rsd.xml.new' failed: Permission denied

What's going on and how do I fix it?
posted by casarkos to (7 comments total)

Your server is configured to deny MT read/execute permissions to that particular file. MT has found the file but it can't use it. Get someone to change it.
posted by holloway at 8:31 PM on June 10, 2004

You could check on the Movable Type Support Forums if you can't figure out the specific permissions settings needed. (Please note, I don't mean this as a "duh, Google it" kind of response -- since the MT 3.0 update, the link to the forums is buried way far down on the Support page so a lot of people don't even know it's still there)
posted by bcwinters at 11:03 PM on June 10, 2004

I would try deleting the file and see if Movable Type can recreate it. Otherwise, make the permissions on that file match the other MT-generated ones.
posted by hyperizer at 8:01 AM on June 11, 2004

you could always switch to wordpress
*ducks*

posted by Grod at 8:13 AM on June 11, 2004

if the file doesn't exist, check the permissions on the directory containing the file, too. that could be the problem
posted by dvdgee at 4:53 PM on June 11, 2004

yep, check the directory's permissions. Also check that MT is running as whatever user it's supposed to be running as --- I've never used it, so I don't know if it's supposed to be running under your UID, or whether it should be running under a special MT uid, or under the http daemon's UID.
posted by hattifattener at 5:19 PM on June 11, 2004

If the support forums don't help, you can submit a help ticket if you have a paid license for MT. I think everyone's comments above are right, though, it's a permissions issue, and it might be solved by making the folder your site is in have 777 permissions. You can back those down to more secure permissions later if that works.
posted by anildash at 9:07 PM on June 14, 2004