Configuration File Fail in Zabbix 1.3.1

[Ibrahim]

Hi,
I am trying to install Zabbix 1.3.1 on the same host where Zabbix 1.1.4 is running. What I did is that I created a new zabbix database called zabbix2, and installed the server with a different prefix /usr/local/zabbix2). The PHP script are saved also to a new folder. Then I changed the configuration files accordingly. That should be ok, right?

Now in the installation wizard, I get the following error at step 6 (Install):

* checkconfigurationfile(/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/include/setup.inc.php:627]
* checkconfigurationfile(): Failed opening '/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear')[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/include/setup.inc.php:627]
* Incorrect configuration file[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php]
* fopen(/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/include/setup.inc.php:414]



Could Anybody Explain what is happening here.
Many thanks
Ibrahim

[Alexei]

It seems that Apache does not have permossions to access /var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php

[Calimero]

Does you web server (apache ?) have access to those files ?
Looks like it doesn't !

[LEM]

Hi,
I am trying to install Zabbix 1.3.1
(...)
Now in the installation wizard, I get the following error at step 6 (Install):

    * checkconfigurationfile(/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/include/setup.inc.php:627]
    * checkconfigurationfile(): Failed opening '/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear')[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/include/setup.inc.php:627]
    * Incorrect configuration file[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php]
    * fopen(/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/zabbix.conf.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied[/var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/include/setup.inc.php:414]

Could Anybody Explain what is happening here.

If your apache is ran by www-data.www-data, you should :

# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/
# chmod o+w /var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf/

And remove the 'write' access on .../conf/ after configuration (once you ZABBIX 1.3.1 install is fine and running).

Alteratively, you could

# chmod 777 /var/www/html/zabbix_1.3.1/conf

during the setup phase, and

# chmod 555

later (after setup successfull).

Cheers,

[Ibrahim]

Thanks for the replies. Yes it had to do with permissions. However, I messed up few things while working on that that I had to remove the php scripts and copy them again making sure apache has permissions to conf.

Now it works and I am so glad
Ibrahim