I just ran into the same issue while using the Magento downloader to install. Once it downloaded all of the core files, I received the same 500 Internal Server Error. So I checked out the server error log via cPanel X and discovered permissions issues on these three files were set to “666”:
I changed permissions of these files to “755” and everything installed correctly. Of course this will be different on every server. So, I’d recommend checking your error logs instead of deleting any .htaccess files. Hope this helps.
I just ran into the same issue while using the Magento downloader to install. Once it downloaded all of the core files, I received the same 500 Internal Server Error. So I checked out the server error log via cPanel X and discovered permissions issues on these three files were set to “666”:
I changed permissions of these files to “755” and everything installed correctly. Of course this will be different on every server. So, I’d recommend checking your error logs instead of deleting any .htaccess files. Hope this helps.
When I changed those I started getting the 500 error on my public side. I tried setting /downloader/index.php to 644 (what the other 2 were before) it didn’t work but setting root/index.php back to 644 got it working again.
I have had Magento installed for ages, working fine. Today, I click on Connect Manager and BAM! 500 error.
I haven\’t changed anything including file permissions. Directories 755 and files 644. The only thing that\’s pointing to an error is the logs:
[Thu Nov 25 17:51:39 2010] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] File does not exist: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/401.shtml
The rest of the backend and admin works absolutely fine. The only thing I\’ve done recently is change the Admin URL. There were problems with this and I\’ve now corrected those, but it seems this 500 error has happened since. I don\’t know if the two are related but since it worked absolutely fine until today, i can\’t point the finger anywhere else.
I have had Magento installed for ages, working fine. Today, I click on Connect Manager and BAM! 500 error.
I haven\’t changed anything including file permissions. Directories 755 and files 644. The only thing that\’s pointing to an error is the logs:
[Thu Nov 25 17:51:39 2010] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] File does not exist: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/401.shtml
The rest of the backend and admin works absolutely fine. The only thing I\’ve done recently is change the Admin URL. There were problems with this and I\’ve now corrected those, but it seems this 500 error has happened since. I don\’t know if the two are related but since it worked absolutely fine until today, i can\’t point the finger anywhere else.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Same exact thing happened to me. Never looked at the logs, but i disabled compilation and flushed all every cache. It immediately worked for me.
I just checked the \"Error log\” from cPanel and got this message:
[date of error] [error] [client IP] File does not exist: /home/domain/public_html/500.shtml
[date of error] [error] [client IP] SoftException in Application.cpp:601: Directory \"/home/domain/public_html/eshop/downloader\" is writeable by group
Then set Downloader folder to 755 and index.php set to 755,
that\’s it, working for me.
any changes of permissions for files/directories didn’t give any result except of 500 Intenal Error
so, I’ve looked at error_log of Apache, and found this string
/home/user/project/www/downloader/.htaccess: Invalid command 'RemoveOutputFilter', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
I’ve opened .htaccess in /downloader
commented 2 strings
i was using magento 1.6.0 and one day for no reason had a jquery conflict with prototype.js and the forums said it was a conflict with the downloader, so i went to magento connect and re installed the downloader. then the whole site went into a server 500 error. mm magento is the worst software i have ever used, I have spent so much time on this, im too far into to clear it. so, again, i have to trouble shoot. I have just found this php script which sorted it for me. Its a life saver.
I have attched the php file to the attchments upload of the forum post.
its a one php script which you upload to the root and open it in the browser, it will check all the files and folders and set all the permissions correctly, it should be part of the magento core. anyway, you have the link, i hope it helps someone.
I will put a copy on my website u-name.co.uk under magento, where I put all my little snippets of code I find that gets me out the crapper with this software. Hopefully my code snippets will help other people.
using magento-cleanup.php solced the problem for me. I had no compiler running, basically I did not touch anything but couldn’t reach the admin area.... I ran the cleanup script and it worked. thanks
