CHMOD and gm-comment.cgi Issue

[courtneylee]

Hello everyone...

I've been having some problems with my Greymatter for about 2 months, after having used it since July of 2004 with no problems.

Sometimes when I log on, an error will come on saying that gm-comments.cgi is missing... so I have to go and reset the CHMOD. Everything will be fine for a day or so, and then it will do it again.

What gives? What can I do to make this stay set all the time?
Thanks in advance,
Courtney Lee
www.courtneylee.ca

[coldstone]

Hmm, what version of GreyMatter are you using?

I might suspect the code, but if you didn't change it 2 months ago when you starting having issues, it seems unlikely to be the source of your problems.

If you are hosting your site through a company, I might ask their tech support if they might be changing the permissions on your files? I would guess an exernal influence is at work.

GreyMatter does actually try to chmod the files itself to determine if it can do so (weird huh?). If necescery I could post instructions for commenting out those lines of code, just in case GM is shooting itself in the foot somehow.

[courtneylee]

I was using 1.3 I think. I tried to update it to 1.3.1, but it still didn't work. It appears to be deleting the comment file from my directory, it's the strangest thing.

I'm starting to think I mat have to re-install the whole thing. Is there a way to do this while keeping all my old entries?

[coldstone]

Yeah, this isn't too hard. Basically you want to follow the upgrade instructions in the install guide. The files you really want to make a copy/backup of is your 'archives' directory (or whatever it's named) and the following files: gm-config.cgi, gm-templates.cgi, gm-authors.cgi.