Fortune wrote on 16.08.2026 at 14:12:52:


That's very cool

That is so helpful, makes it easy to see what needs permissions set and a link to instructions how to do it, very cool


=== YaBBForum Permissions Pre-Flight Check ===

[FAIL] Directory locked: . (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Variables (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Members (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Messages (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Boards (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Backups (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Languages (Requires chmod 775)
[FAIL] Directory locked: Convert (Requires chmod 775)

[FAIL] File locked: AdminIndex.pl (Requires chmod 755)
[FAIL] File locked: index.pl (Requires chmod 755)

[FAIL] File locked: Paths.pm (Requires chmod 664)


[ERROR] Setup cannot proceed. 11 critical path(s) are not writable.
You must chmod:
- failed directories to 775 recursively
- failed .pl files to 755
- failed files to 664
Setup aborted.

Read Quick-Guide_26 to find out what to do.

If you are hosting with PerlHost.nz you can simply wait till 10 minutes before the hour every hour and these will be set for you then come back & reload this page & begin setup.