Wordpress - too many levels of symbolic links

Wilbert Smeets · External Since: Jul 21, 2007 Posts: 7

Hi all,

While installing Wordpress I encounter some problems that I myself can
not fix. Google isn't a help too me at this point. The wordpress
directory is accessible since I can call the readme.html from any pc.
Could someone please give me a clue on what to do in this case?
I can see that /etc/wp-settings.php seems to be linked to itself.
I have no idea why, nor do I have a clue on how to resolve this.
Here is a part of the error.log

[Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] PHP Warning:
require_once(/etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php) [<a
href='function.require-once'>function.require-once</a>]: failed to open
stream: Too many levels of symbolic links in
/etc/wordpress/wp-config.php on line 20
[Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] PHP Fatal error:
require_once() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed
opening required '/etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php'
(include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in
/etc/wordpress/wp-config.php on line 20
[Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] File does not exist:
/var/www/myurl.com/htdocs/Blog/favicon.ico, referer:
http://blog.myurl.com/wp-admin/install.php

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Wilbert Smeets

wimpunk · External Since: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 7

Wilbert Smeets wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> While installing Wordpress I encounter some problems that I myself can
> not fix. Google isn't a help too me at this point. The wordpress
> directory is accessible since I can call the readme.html from any pc.
> Could someone please give me a clue on what to do in this case?
> I can see that /etc/wp-settings.php seems to be linked to itself.
> I have no idea why, nor do I have a clue on how to resolve this.
> Here is a part of the error.log
>

Just remove the file and create a new one by copying the
wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. I think that's the best solution.

Wilbert Smeets · External Since: Jul 21, 2007 Posts: 7

wimpunk wrote:
> Wilbert Smeets wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While installing Wordpress I encounter some problems that I myself can
>> not fix. Google isn't a help too me at this point. The wordpress
>> directory is accessible since I can call the readme.html from any pc.
>> Could someone please give me a clue on what to do in this case?
>> I can see that /etc/wp-settings.php seems to be linked to itself.
>> I have no idea why, nor do I have a clue on how to resolve this.
>> Here is a part of the error.log
>>
>
> Just remove the file and create a new one by copying the
> wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. I think that's the best solution.

I send a reply to the Wimpunk and not the group by accident.
So here is the reply.

Well the wp-config.php is accessible.
I allready did what you said btw.
The problem lies (do i spell that right?) in wp-settings.php
I can't even do a cat wp-settings.php
The install script tries to access it in /etc/wordpress
That makes no sense to me, cause the original file is in my
/var/www/domainname

And that one is accessible. I can edit etc.

wimpunk · External Since: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 7

Wilbert Smeets wrote:
> wimpunk wrote:
>> Wilbert Smeets wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> While installing Wordpress I encounter some problems that I myself can
>>> not fix. Google isn't a help too me at this point. The wordpress
>>> directory is accessible since I can call the readme.html from any pc.
>>> Could someone please give me a clue on what to do in this case?
>>> I can see that /etc/wp-settings.php seems to be linked to itself.
>>> I have no idea why, nor do I have a clue on how to resolve this.
>>> Here is a part of the error.log
>>>
>>
>> Just remove the file and create a new one by copying the
>> wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. I think that's the best solution.
>
> I send a reply to the Wimpunk and not the group by accident.
> So here is the reply.

No problem.

>
> Well the wp-config.php is accessible.
> I allready did what you said btw.
> The problem lies (do i spell that right?) in wp-settings.php
> I can't even do a cat wp-settings.php
> The install script tries to access it in /etc/wordpress
> That makes no sense to me, cause the original file is in my
> /var/www/domainname
>
> And that one is accessible. I can edit etc.

First, I'm wondering why you putted it in /etc/wordpress. I've
installed wordpress a while ago and mine is just in my /var/www/domainname
Second, try the wordpress forum. As far as I remember, they are pretty
active and normally they should know the answer.

Wilbert Smeets · External Since: Jul 21, 2007 Posts: 7

Thanks for your reply.
Well I did not put it there.
I've installed it in the first place with a source in my sources list.
The wordpress forum wasn't that helpfull... As a matter of fact, the
only responsive mod told me in polite words to take a hike and that they
did not support it. Which to me was strange, i've been supporting SuSE
for years as my job and never told someone that I would not support
something. It was a response I would expect from commercial software,
not something someone who loves what he is doing would say. When he
asked me what a symbolic link was I almost did a apt-get remove
wordpress & apt-get install php-nuke.

However, I know wordpress and it is the blog of my choice. In the end I
have deleted all wordpress files, downloaded a fresh install from the
wordpress site. And the whole issue was resolved.

I still have no clue why the package from my source list ended up in
/usr/share/wordpress and in /etc/wordpress and why wp-config was linked
to itself.

Anyway, for me the case is closed. My wordpress runs, and I'm a happy
camper. I am however in serious doubt if I should promote wordpress to
anyone in the future due to the weird response on their forum.

Cheers and thanks for your help mate,

Wilbert

wimpunk wrote:
> Wilbert Smeets wrote:
>> wimpunk wrote:
>>> Wilbert Smeets wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> While installing Wordpress I encounter some problems that I myself can
>>>> not fix. Google isn't a help too me at this point. The wordpress
>>>> directory is accessible since I can call the readme.html from any pc.
>>>> Could someone please give me a clue on what to do in this case?
>>>> I can see that /etc/wp-settings.php seems to be linked to itself.
>>>> I have no idea why, nor do I have a clue on how to resolve this.
>>>> Here is a part of the error.log
>>>>
>>> Just remove the file and create a new one by copying the
>>> wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. I think that's the best solution.
>> I send a reply to the Wimpunk and not the group by accident.
>> So here is the reply.
>
> No problem.
>
>> Well the wp-config.php is accessible.
>> I allready did what you said btw.
>> The problem lies (do i spell that right?) in wp-settings.php
>> I can't even do a cat wp-settings.php
>> The install script tries to access it in /etc/wordpress
>> That makes no sense to me, cause the original file is in my
>> /var/www/domainname
>>
>> And that one is accessible. I can edit etc.
>
> First, I'm wondering why you putted it in /etc/wordpress. I've
> installed wordpress a while ago and mine is just in my /var/www/domainname
> Second, try the wordpress forum. As far as I remember, they are pretty
> active and normally they should know the answer.