Browse Server Permissions error

I have found a work around. Apparently the XML requests are barfing on the URL. It doesn't like the full domain in path. I don't know why.
I think it has something to do with the open_basedir parameter for php, and some of the setup, but I could not nail that down.

So what I did, was to edit fckeditor/fckconfig.js

I searched for the text FCKConfig.LinkBrowserURL
two lines before it I added >>

FCKConfig.BasePathXML = '/fckeditor/editor/';

I changed the BasePath for the connector to BasePathXML for LinkBrowserURL, ImageBrowserURL and FlashBrowserURL
Example:

FCKConfig.LinkBrowserURL = FCKConfig.BasePath + 'filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?Connector=' + encodeURIComponent( FCKConfig.BasePath + 'filemanager/connectors/' + _FileBrowserLanguage + '/connector.' + _FileBrowserExtension ) ;

to

FCKConfig.LinkBrowserURL = FCKConfig.BasePath + 'filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?Connector=' + encodeURIComponent( FCKConfig.BasePathXML + 'filemanager/connectors/' + _FileBrowserLanguage + '/connector.' + _FileBrowserExtension ) ;

Thanks Nyxll, your post was invaluable, but it only got me halfway there - hopefully this post will help anyone else who is still experiencing problems.

First I uploaded the latest version, which is 2.6.3 at the time of my testing, I also left the default directory name of "fckeditor".
(I have subsequently tried this same fix with other versions and other directory names, and the results have been mixed)

After changing the code in "fckeditor/fckconfig.js" as you suggested, I still got the 403 - Forbidden, so I tried replacing both references to "FCKConfig.BasePath" with "FCKConfig.BasePathXML" which means it ended up looking like this:

FCKConfig.LinkBrowserURL = FCKConfig.BasePathXML + 'filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?Connector=' + encodeURIComponent( FCKConfig.BasePathXML + 'filemanager/connectors/' + _FileBrowserLanguage + '/connector.' + _FileBrowserExtension ) ;

I did the same for ImageBrowserURL and FlashBrowserURL.

I also changed the "FCKConfig.BasePath" to "FCKConfig.BasePathXML" for LinkUploadURL, ImageUploadURL, FlashUploadURL and SmileyPath.

This got rid of the 403 - Forbidden error, but gave the following error:

This connector is disabled. Please check the "editor/filemanager/connectors/php/config.php" file

After some more research on the forums I found the way to fix this is to edit the following file - FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/config.php and change the value of "$Config['Enabled']" from "false" to "true" like this:

// SECURITY: You must explicitly enable this "connector". (Set it to "true").
// WARNING: don't just set "$Config['Enabled'] = true ;", you must be sure that only
//      authenticated users can access this file or use some kind of session checking.
$Config['Enabled'] = true ;

Obviously this second step will only work if you are using the PHP version.

It worked for me on my HostGator accounts, and I hope this helps anyone else with this most frustrating problem :)

Ok, so I'm having a very similar problem.

I have the php connector turned on (set to "true").

And before I was getting the same error. When I added Brandish's code changes, I was able to see the "Server Directory" page, as it loaded, but then I would get an XML Request error, and it won't show my files and folders.


Now I'm getting an XML Request / Internal Server Error (500)

Any ideas? This is driving me nuts, and it was working on my old version of FCK.

Did you put in

FCKConfig.BasePathXML = '/fckeditor/editor/'; ?

You may have to do some php logging.

the "media" folder and all subfolders.