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Okay folks, this one is quite strange....

When I create a website within DNP and upload a PHP app to it (RoundCube, WordPress), I am forced to put the app in a sub-directory of the site path and then using IIS Manager, change the site config to point to the subdirectory. If I do not do this, the apps just flat will not work. If the apps are in a sub-directory to start with, they work fine.

So, DNP creates a site at d:\HostingSpaces\Jimmy\website.com\wwwroot

I have to create directory in wwwroot and upload my PHP app to it (..\wwwroot\mail) and then change IIS to point to ..\wwwroot\mail. If I use DNP to change the site location to ..\wwwroot\mail, I have the same problem as with wwwroot.

This doesn't make any sense.

Help?

Did you happen to delete the root (wwwroot) folder and then create it again via FTP?

Does static html files work in the root folder?

Nope, never deleted the wwwroot directory and it has the proper permissions. I have multiple WordPress and RoundCube installations on different domains. I am having a problem with each one of their sites that is created by DNP. If I create the site manually in IIS, with dedicated application pool and anonymous account, it works just fine.

Yes, static html files work perfectly in the root directory.

-Joe

I still think it is a permission issue. How is PHP configured, CGI or ISAPI?

Can you check if the DNPWebUsers group has Read/Execute on the executable?

Well not really sure why it works in subfolder though. I could be wrong!

PHP is configured as ISAPI.

DNPWebUsers group has Read/Execute perms on the php executable.

I know, this is a strange one but then again it seems that I always run into the strange problems.

-Joe

This is a permission issue, you need to give the web-user (at least) list access to the paren directory of wwwroot. This is because of the file-open api php uses that for some reason needs list access in the parent directory.

Okay, I granted List permissions to the web user for the parent directory of wwwroot and it WORKED! Thanks for your help.

So how do I make DNP apply this permission to all new websites? If I have to manually make changes to the server when someone wants to use PHP, it kind of defeats the purpose of having DNP.

Thanks,
Joe

Just curious, which version PHP are you running? 

5.2.5

Hello

Unfortunatly there is no home directory "skeleton" configuration in DNP that can handle permissions. I have requested this to the DNP team before and I hope it will be implemented some day. Untill then Im afraid you have to manually set these permissions, its not all php sites that require it only the ones using php file opens (I believe).

Regards

Daniel