• Registered: 2009-01-29
  • Posts: 1

Topic: Unable to install punBB extensions

Not sure if I am doing something wrong, or maybe I am not understanding what needs to be done...

I am using the Jumpbox punBB VMware appliance on VMware Player. I would like to install the BBcode_buttons extension. The extension is listed under the 'Extensions' link within punBB (suggesting to me this is a popular and approved by punBB? extension). When I click Download and Install Extension, I get this error:

"ERROR! Cannot create directory 'extensions/pun_bbcode'. Probably, directory 'extensions' has not enough rights."

I wonder if the assumption they offer is the case, and if so, how can I adjust this? (The Jumpbox environment in the VMware Player is just the gray screen and I can't figure out how to get to a command line.)

Any input would be appreciated!

(I posted this same question at Jumpbox's own forums http://www.jumpbox.com/node/1488 )



/john

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  • Registered: 2008-02-03
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Re: Unable to install punBB extensions

Create a new file on the same directory of your 'index.php' with the following code in it

<?php
if(chmod("./extensions", 0777))
echo 'Success';
?>

and name it 'chmod.php'.

Then, just access the file with your browser (i.e. www.example.com/forums/chmod.php).

If you get "Success", then you're good to go.

  • Registered: 2009-02-03
  • Posts: 1

Re: Unable to install punBB extensions

On the JumpBox you can turn on SSH through the JumpBox admin interface. Go to https://your-ip-address:3000 login with the password you set when you configured the JumpBox and then click on the SSH icon to turn it on. Once you do that you can log in using an SSH client as the user 'admin' or from the VMware console you can hit cmd-left arrow (on a mac, I believe alt-left on windows or linux) to get a login prompt on the console.

If this does turn out to be a permissions problem in the JumpBox let us know and we'll correct it in the next build.

Kimbro