Writing File Permissions Denied

Hi.

So first of all ... by the term "oscam server" you mean a file called "oscam.server" or directly Softcam Oscam as a server ?

Secondly ... how did you find out there was a problem with access rights ?

The location of the directory with the Oscam configuration files can be found here:

OscamWebif -> Files -> oscam.version ------- search the line "ConfigDir"

You have to place your configuration files there. Of course, you should also assign the appropriate access rights to them, with the chmod command.

If you place there some new configuration files, don't forget to restart Oscam to load them again. Then direct file editing via the "Files" MENU should work in OscamWebif, but also via the standard GUI configuration MENU items (WebGUI items).

Hi.

But I advised you a few things. Can you comment on these other things as well ? :)

Do you know what Oscam Webif is ?

So again .... you either can't read or you ignore me ... what path to the configuration directory is set in OscamWebif ?

Uhm...

that's weird. According to Oscam's source code, configuration directories are searched in a certain order, ie if a directory has not already been specified directly in the startup command-line with the argument "-c /full/config/directory/path".

https://trac.streamboard.tv/os…owser/trunk/oscam.c#L1662

1664        static const char* confdirs[] =
1665            {
1666                "/etc/tuxbox/config/",
1667                "/etc/tuxbox/config/oscam/",
1668                "/var/tuxbox/config/",
1669                "/usr/keys/",
1670                "/var/keys/",
1671                "/var/etc/oscam/",
1672                "/var/etc/",
1673                "/var/oscam/",
1674                "/config/oscam/",
1675                NULL
1676            };

I don't know your Linux. There is probably a trigger of the Oscam process, just as script in the "/etc/init.d" folder. There should be a directory specification via the "-c /directory" argument. You can change it or delete it altogether + restart Oscam (with the help of this "init.d" script - for example: /etc/init.d/softcam restart). If you delete the argument "-c /directory", then Oscam will search the config dir, in the order you see in Oscam's source code. Or is it even better to change the directory, where you have access as a Linux-user, for example to the "home" folder ? Then move your Oscam configuration files there (to the "home" folder).

BTW, you know I also hope that just one "oscam.server" file is not enough. Usually three files are always used:

"oscam.conf"

"oscam.server"

"oscam.user"

What are you writing again, oh ...

In the "init.d" folder of the system, there can only be control shell-scripts, for some processes. OScam process can also be one of them.

Configuration files for Oscam, I have already explained to you 3 times - where is the directory, how to change it, how to find it and how it actually works with the path to the configuration directory. You can find the appropriate shell script and change or delete the "-c /directory" argument.

The shell script can have any file name, but is usually called "softcam.oscam" or "softcam" or just "oscam". Find it yourself... for example with the command: grep -l "oscam" /etc/init.d/* or, for example, somethins as this: grep -l "cam" /etc/init.d/*. Then open and check the files found. So you find out which one starts your Oscam process. There may also be an "-c /directory" argument, which you can modify to change the directory/path where you have full access as a user, and where you want to upload Oscam configuration files.

I recommend to read this :

https://www.satsupreme.com/sho…SCam-on-Debian-and-Ubuntu

VPS

Quote from glasscr4ck

Hi there,

So I put up a new oscam server and for some reason, it doesn't let me edit the files from webif...is that normal?

I'm using AWS, an EC2 instance running Debian Linux. I need to know where to put the server files and what permissions to use on them.

and the default directory is /var/etc/

from the vid he sent to me

and i still think it's read write privlages on the PHP side of things

Unfortunately, full-fledged Linux systems require the compilation of source code, directly for the appropriate processor, into a specific Linux kernel + to add the necessary libraries according to compatibility (library revisions). Therefore, it is used in full-fledged Linux, just the compilation of Oscam source code, on a specific PC.

You need to download and compile the Oscam source code in your Linux. That's a pretty big problem - in terms of compatibility. Therefore, written shell scripts that do everything for you don't always work correctly.

However, there are many instructions on the internet. Do not rely on the VPS, but on the version and name of the Linux distribution. So, search for a HowTo for your Linux, not for VPS. And it has to work. Alternatively, try more HowTo-s (procedures). It doesn't matter if you use the "svn" tool (https://trac.streamboard.tv/oscam/wiki/BuildingOscam) or if you download it manually to a folder and simply use the "make" tool. Only compatibility is important. You need to supplement the necessary libraries and tools designed to compile Oscam or to supplement the libraries for running compiled Oscam.

you have to

open oscam webif port on the AWS firewall

or any port you intend to use