How to fix read/write permissions Failed! error during TestLink Install
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Overview
In this tutorial, we will go through the folder read/write errors during the new installation of TestLink instance on the Linux machine.
Linux machine
TestLink version: 1.9.2
templates_c directory
Error:
Checking if /var/www/html/testlink-code/gui/templates_c directory is writable (by user used to run webserver process)
Fix:
Open terminal window
Issue the following command.
$ sudo chmod -R a+rwx /var/www/html/testlink-code/gui/templates_c
The above command is an example. We need to replace the exact path on your install for the templates directory.
Failed! logs directory
The failed directory exists error.
Fix commands: The following commands would fix the errors for the failed logs directory errors during the new install of TestLink.
$ sudo mkdir /var/testlink/
$ sudo mkdir /var/testlink/logs
$ sudo chmod -R a+rwx /var/testlink/
Failed! upload_area directory
Fix commands: The following commands would fix the errors for the failed upload-area directory errors during the new install of TestLink.
$ sudo mkdir /var/testlink/
$ sudo mkdir /var/testlink/upload_area/
$ sudo chmod -R a+rwx /var/testlink/
The above commands would fix the folder errors during the TestLink install.
After fixing the folder errors and permissions, re-launch the TestLink web installer to continue with the installation.
TestLink Tutorial on this website can be found at:
https://www.testingdocs.com/testlink-tutorials/
More information on TestLink Open source Test management tool can be found on the official website at: http://testlink.org