configuration.php keeps marking itself as read-only Topic is solved

[dan40]

Hi team,

Running IIS8 in Windows Server 2016, Joomla configuration.php keeps marking itself as read-only no matter what changes I make in the back-end.

How can I prevent this from happening? The settings that I set sometimes don't take effect because the file is read-only.

Thanks for any help.

[Webdongle]

That is expected behaviour ... Joomla sets it 444
If you can not save global config then you have a file Ownership problem.
viewtopic.php?f=714&t=793531 please

[AMurray]

@webdongle, note the OP is running Joomla on a Windows server not Linux, so would the same file permissions apply? Your answer still applies - the configuration.php should be read-only but CHMOD/CHOWN settings don't apply to Windows O/S. Maybe there's more involved with permissions on Windows Server than to Windows desktop/end-user editions of the O/S

[Webdongle]

@AMurray
Ahh yes ,,, have requested move to windows forum. Windows Permissions settings are different.

[dan40]

I know what my problem was. In Windows, you have to open an Explorer menu, then right-click on your website folder within your wwwroot folder (if you keep it there), and select Properties. Then click the Security tab. Add IIS_IUSRS with Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write. I was selecting "Modify" because that's the only way I could get it working. I totally forgot about "write" access. Then click OK.

That will do it for ANYONE having a problem with IIS7/8 and Windows Server website permissions.

Thanks to everyone who replied, sorry for posting in the wrong group, but the topic is resolved.