Disable URL rewriting -> Access problem

[tchirou]

Hello Everyone

I just have made a horrible mistake and I am begging for help.

I use serendipty with a Apache Proxad server (free.fr). I have activated the apache mod_rewrite function and now I dont have any access to the blog. I have the following error :

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Apache/ProXad [Dec 3 2006 11:06:17] Server at xxxxx.free.fr Port 80

Please anyone can tell me how i can get back to a normal use ? Which file do I have to download with my FTP client and what change do I have to make in it to disable URL rewriting again ?

Thank to everyone for your interest in my problem.

Cyril

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Simply delete the .htaccess file in your s9y directory (back it up first, though). Then you should be able to relogin to your blog (via serendipity_admin.php) and then you can set the URL Rewriting to "None" again.

Some FTP clients may hide the ".htaccess" file so you might need to try different FTP tools, or maybe even download and use a PHP file manager to browse files on your server directly.

HTH,
Garvin

[tchirou]

Hey

Thank you for responding. It's great to be able to count on nice and expert fellows so quickly.

Actually, I figured it out by myself after a long thought. By comparing the links with a s9y blog on another website of mine, I tried to access serendipty_admin via the panel because /serendipity/admin didn't match with anything. And I found that I had to remove the .htaccess file (I checked it and weird things had appeared) to get access to it. I let you imagine my joy. I just had spent hours adding a radio blog with a lot of options in a html nugget, and it would have make me cry if it was for nothing.

It makes me think to something else : I installed the backup plugin. I filled in every box. but it always give errors :

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: Unable to access /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/backups in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 836

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: Unable to access /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/backups/tmp in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 840

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: Unable to access /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/backups/tmp/last_backup in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 844

Warning: opendir() [function.opendir]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/backups) is not within the allowed path(s): (/mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx) in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 1321

Warning: opendir(/mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/backups) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: Operation not permitted in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 1321

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 1322

Warning: closedir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /mnt/136/free.fr/e/c/xxx/serendipity/plugins/serendipity_event_backup/serendipity_event_backup.php on line 1331

Do I have to activate something particular in MYSQL database via phpmyadmin ?
It would be great to restore a working version if I keep making so ugly mistakes .

Thanks again,

Cyril

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

This error seems to stem from the fact that the backup plugins tries to create a directory outside of the 'xxx' directory structure, and it seems you have no write access there.

I don't know much about the backup plugin, does it provide an option to indicate where the backups should be stored?

Best regards,
Garvin

[tchirou]

Re,

It doesn't.

Well, I will try not to crash everything down crossing my fingers

Thank you for your time Garvin.

Take care,

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